| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea daurica Adams trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 251 (1834) |
| Native Range | Siberia to n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 1000-3600m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, pinnatipartite, terminal segment undistinct, oblong, lateral segments 2-3 pairs, stem leaves sessile, oblong, entire, capitula in dense corymb |
| Size | 4-20cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea crassifolia var. papposa (Turcz. ex DC.) Ledeb. Saussurea papposa Turcz. ex DC. Saussurea salsa var. papposa (Turcz. ex DC.) Ledeb. Theodorea daurica (Adams) Kuntze Theodorea papposa (Turcz. ex DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |