| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea eriostemon Wall. ex C.B.Clarke trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Compos. Ind.: 229 (1876) |
| Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3200-5300m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, 5-15cm, more or less oblanceolate, with many remote, triangular lobes, abaxially white lanate, capitula to 35mm across, solitary, sometimes sessile |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | dark purple |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Aplotaxis nepalensis DC. Centaurea taraxacifolia D.Don Eriostemon taraxacifolius (D.Don) Less. Saussurea chapmanii C.E.C.Fisch. Saussurea nepalensis Spreng. Theodorea taraxacifolia (D.Don) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |