| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea caespitans Iljin trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 3: 10a (1922) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves 2-4cm, lanceolate, pinnatifid, segments remote, mucronate, petiolate, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially pubescent, capitula 1-2cm in lax corymb, involucre hirsute |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |