| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea congesta Turcz. ex DC. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 535 (1838) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | subcaulescent, leaves winged petiolate, lanceolate, shallowly denticulate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely arachnose, capitula in flat capitate raceme |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 | Theodorea congesta Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, TVA Tuva) 37 Mongolia |