| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea saxosa Lipsch. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 456 (1954) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves hard, oblong, grey-green, densely arachnose-hirsute, subentire, petiolate, acuminate, capitula shortly pedunculate in compact corymb, involucre imbricate |
| Size | 4-15cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |