[Members of the Sunflower Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington with Button-like Flower Heads]

American Sawwort, American Saw-wort

Saussurea americana

American Sawwort, American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana

American sawwort blooming along the Bonny Lakes Trail #1802 at a creek crossing about a mile east of Bonney Lakes, Eagle Cap Wilderness.......August 12, 2018.

American Sawwort, American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana


American Sawwort, American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana

American sawwort as seen along the Lake Creek Trail downstream from the upper trailhead, Umatilla National Forest.........July 24, 2012.

American Sawwort, American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana - A close-up of the budding flower heads of American Sawwort, American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana

A stem leaf of American Sawwort, American Saw-wort: Saussurea americana

Flower buds and stem leaf of american sawwort as seen along the Lake Creek Trail downstream from the upper trailhead, Umatilla National Forest.........July 24, 2012.

Paul Slichter