| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cirsium souliei (Franch.) Mattf. ex Rehder & Kobuski trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 14: 42 (1933) |
| Native Range | China to e. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1900-4800m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, green, long hirsute, petiolate, narrowly elliptic, 8-21cm, pinnatilobate, segments 7-11 pairs, elliptic, dentate, spinose, capitula crowded, sessile |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Cnicus souliei Franch. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |