| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea nimborum W.W.Sm. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 7: 73 (1911) |
| Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, oblong-oblanceolate, abaxially densely white tomentose, adaxially glandular-hirsute, pinnatilobate, segments suborbiculate, capitula 1-2, involucre yellow |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale purplish red |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |