| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea glacialis Herder trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 40(II): 144 (1867) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 3800-5200m |
| Description | leaves oblong, obtuse, crenate or entire, grey-green, adaxially densely lanate, abaxially subglabrous, capitula 7-10mm, in dense, capitate inflorescence |
| Size | 2-6cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Aplotaxis approximata Schischk. & Serg. Saussurea chtonocephala Bornm. Saussurea pamirica C.Winkl. Saussurea violacea Pamp. Theodorea glacialis (Herder) Kuntze Theodorea pamirica (C.Winkl.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |