| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea przewalskii Maxim. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 27: 494 (1881) |
| Native Range | w. & c. China to e. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-5100m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic, abaxially white tomentose, pinnatisect, segments triangular, denticulate, mucronate, capitula 6-8, in terminal cluster |
| Size | 10-80cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 | Saussurea cirsioides Hemsl. Saussurea giraldii Diels Saussurea likiangensis Franch. Theodorea przewalskii Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |