| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea schultzii Hook.f. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 366 (1881) |
| Native Range | w. Tibet to w. Himalaya and n. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Description | woody-based, leaves thick, flat, sinuate-dentate, green, lanceolate, acute, stem leaves smaller, decurrent, capitula in corymb 3-10cm wide, involucre campanulate |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Theodorea schultzii (Hook.f.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |