| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea squarrosa Turcz. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 20(II): 44 (1847) |
| Native Range | sc. Siberia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, dentate, acute, abaxially white lanate, stem leaves sessile, smaller, capitula 3-7, in small capitate raceme |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | dark violet |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya) 37 Mongolia |