| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea angustifolia (L.) DC. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 200 (1810) |
| Native Range | n. Russian Far East, Subarctic America to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | stem leaves alternate, linear or lanceolate, petiolate, 5-10mm, spreading, adaxially glabrous, abaxially white lanate, acuminate, capitula few in corymb |
| Size | 3-50cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea alpina var. remotifolia Hook. Saussurea angustifolia f. ramosa Jordal Saussurea remotifolia (Hook.) Rydb. Serratula alpina var. angustifolia L. Serratula angustifolia (L.) Willd. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |