| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea ovata Benth. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Lahore to Yärkand [G.Henderson & A.O.Hume]: 325 (1873) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to sw. Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 2400-4600m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate or elliptic, 4-6cm, dentate, stem leaves similar, capitula 4-5 in dense, terminal corymb, involucre narrowly cylindrical, 4-seriate |
| Size | 2-15cm |
| Color | dark red |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea pseudocolorata Danguy |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |