| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea leontodontoides (DC.) Sch.-Bip. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 19: 330 (1846) |
| Native Range | China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 3200-5500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, linear-elliptic, abaxially grey-white tomentose, pinnatisect, segments elliptic to suborbiculate, capitula solitary in leaf rosette, involucre campanulate |
| Size | 3-15cm |
| Color | purplish 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 | Aplotaxis leontodontoides DC. Leontodon kunthianus Wall. Saussurea irregularis Y.L.Chen & S.Y.Liang Saussurea kunthiana C.B.Clarke Saussurea rhytidocarpa Hand.-Mazz. Saussurea sungpanensis Hand.-Mazz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |