| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch.Bip. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 19: 331 (1846) |
| Native Range | China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3200-5200m |
| Description | leaves oblong-lanceolate, basal leaves petiolate, upper leaves subamplexicaule, dentate, capitula covered with number of membranous, partially translucent, yellow bracts |
| Size | 15-80cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Aplotaxis obvallata DC. Carduus tectus Wall. Saussurea obvallata var. orientalis Diels Theodorea obvallata (DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |