| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea poljakowii Glehn trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 4: 60 (1876) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Russian Far East |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | basal leaves long petiolate, ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, dentate, stem leaves sessile, smaller and narrow, densely glandular, capitula in dense, terminal raceme |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pinkish violet |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea congesta ssp. poljakowii (Glehn) Lipsch. Theodorea poljakowii (Glehn) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk) |