| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea larionowii C.Winkl. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11: 376 (1891) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 1800-3800m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, lanceolate to linear, 5-10cm, pinnatisect or pinnatilobate, abaxially grey-white, dentate, capitula in dense terminal corymb, involucre pale red |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea takhtadganii Lipsch. Theodorea larionowii (C.Winkl.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |