| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea foliosa Ledeb. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 17 (1829) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | stem leaves oblong-ovate or elliptic, sessile, acute, dentate, adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially white lanate, capitula in terminal dense raceme, involucre dark violet |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | lilac-pink |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Theodorea foliosa (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |