| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea subacaulis (Ledeb) Serg. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1941(2): 3, 4 (1941) |
| Native Range | Siberia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblong-ovate to oblong, upper leaves linear, sessile, green, abaxially white lanate, coarsely dentate, capitula 5-15 in dense umbel |
| Size | 2-10cm |
| Color | pinkish violet |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Saussurea alpina var. subacaulis Ledeb. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 37 Mongolia |