| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea columnaris Hand.-Mazz. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 652 (1937) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-4700m |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear, 2-7cm, abaxially densely white lanate, entire, acute, capitula solitary, terminal, involucre campanulate, 5-seriate |
| Size | 4-10cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, WHM West Himalaya) |