Genus = Saussurea,
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(= Saussurea americana in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Coarse, fibrous-rooted perennial, the several stout stems 5-12 dm. tall, lightly covered with woolly hairs when young. The unique flower color, the mountain habitat, and the triangular, sharp-toothed but spineless leaves should identify this member of the Thistle Tribe.
Distribution: Olympic and Cascade Mountains of Washington, northeast Oregon, central Idaho and northwest Montana
Habitat: Meadows and open, often rocky slopes, where moist, at mid- to high elevations in the mountains
