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|accepted_name=Saussurea americana
|accepted_authority=D. C. Eaton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=6: 283. 1881
|year=1881
}}
|common_names=American saw-wort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Saussurea;Saussurea americana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saussurea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saussurea americana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 165
|treatment_page=page 166
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>30–120+ cm; rootstocks short, stout; herbage loosely tomentose when young, glabrescent, sometimes ± glandular. <b>Stems</b> 1–many, leafy, simple or with ascending branches. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, usually more than 20, well distributed, proximal and mid with winged petioles to 6 cm, wings sometimes decurrent 1–2 cm on stems, blades lanceolate to triangular-ovate, 5–15 cm, bases cordate to truncate or tapering, margins sharply dentate, apices acute; mid and distal usually sessile, smaller, narrower, bases tapering. <b>Heads</b> 5–30+ in tight to open corymbiform arrays; (peduncles 0–5 cm). <b>Involucres</b> 10–15 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in ca. 5 series, strongly unequal, outer ± ovate, inner lanceolate, abaxial faces pale green, distally dark purplish to nearly black, loosely tomentose. <b>Receptacles</b> naked. <b>Florets</b> 8–21; corollas usually pale lavender-blue to dark purple (rarely white), 11–13 mm; tubes 5–6.5 mm, throats 1.5–2 mm, lobes 3.5–4 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 4–6 mm; pappus bristles brownish, outer 3–7 mm, inner 9–10 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Moist canyons, meadows, streamsides in montane forests
|elevation=1000–2600 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Saussurea americana</i> is closely related to an Asian species, <i>S. foliosa</i> Ledebour.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Saussurea americana
|authority=D. C. Eaton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Moist canyons, meadows, streamsides in montane forests
|elevation=1000–2600 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1881
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Saussurea
|species=Saussurea americana
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