Saussurea amara

(Linnaeus) de Candolle

Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 200. 1810.

Common names: Tall saw-wort
Introduced
Basionym: Serratula amara Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 819. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 168. Mentioned on page 165.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"fine" is not a number.

... more about "Saussurea amara"
short-tailed +
not +  and appendaged +
entire +  and not spine-tipped +
glandular +  and glabrous +
acute;obtuse +
scarious +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Keil +
(Linnaeus) de Candolle +
decurrent +
Serratula amara +
compound +  and simple +
dentate to pinnately lobed +  and entire +
10-nerved or 20-nerved +  and rugose +
Tall saw-wort +
actinomorphic +
white +  and blue or purple +
4-5-angled +, cylindric +, angled +  and oblong +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Alta. +  and c Asia +
eglandular +  and glandular +
glabrous +  and densely tomentose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
in corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
glabrescent +  and tomentose +
each +  and sessile +
ovoid;campanulate or more or less turbinate +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +, usually narrowly triangular +  and more or less linear +
entire +  and dentate +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
papillate +  and smooth +
distinct +  and fused +
short-papillate +
oblong;linear +
Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. +
naked +  and epaleate +
convex;flat +
roughened +  and smooth +
exalbuminous +
subequal;strongly unequal +
Introduced +
branched +  and simple +
ascending +  and erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
dilated +  and swollen +
enlarged +
Compositae +
Saussurea amara +
Saussurea +
species +
expanded +  and slender +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
tree +, vine +, shrub +  and subshrub +
19 +, 18 +, 17 +, 16 +, 14 +  and 13 +