| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea petrovii Lipsch. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 57: 524 (1972) |
| Native Range | n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1700-2500m |
| Description | leaves abaxially densely grey-white tomentose, sessile, linear or oblong, acute, sparsely denticulate, capitula in corymb, involucre cylindrical, 4-5-seriate, arachnose |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| 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 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central) |