| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea kansuensis Hand.-Mazz. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 648 (1937) |
| Native Range | c. China to Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3400-4300m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, broadly linear, abaxially grey-white tomentose, pinnatisect, segments ovate, obtuse, entire, capitula solitary in rosette of leaves |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | dark 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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |