| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea simpsoniana (Fielding & Gardner) Lipsch. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 319 (1964) |
| Native Range | sw. Xinjiang to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 3700-5800m |
| Description | densely white lanate, lower leaves shortly petiolate, linear, dentate or pinnatilobate, the upper small, patent, acute, capitula numerous in cluster, involucre cylindrical |
| Size | 2-12cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Aplotaxis simpsoniana Fielding & Gardner Saussurea sacra Edgew. Saussurea yushuensis S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho Theodorea sacra (Edgew.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |