| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea congesta Turcz. ex DC. trib. Cardueae |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
| Description | subcaulescent, leaves winged petiolate, lanceolate, shallowly denticulate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely arachnose, capitula in flat capitate raceme |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Tuva ) Russian Far East Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
congesta soczavae (Lipsch.) Vorosch., Florist. Issl. v Razn. Raionakh SSSR [A.K. Skvortsov, ed,] 197 (1985)
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