| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea involucrata (Kar. & Kir.) Sch.-Bip. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 19: 331 (1846) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2400-4100m |
| Description | subcaulescent, leaves long elliptic or broadly elliptic, abaxially white veined, glabrous, at margins glandular, capitula numerous in dense head |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aplotaxis involucrata Kar. & Kir. Haplotaxis involucrata (Kar. & Kir.) Kar. & Kir. Saussurea dorogostalskii Palib. Saussurea involucrata var. axillicalanthina J.S.Li Saussurea ischnoides J.S.Li Saussurea karelinii Stschegl. Saussurea lioui Ling Saussurea polylada J.S.Li Theodorea involucrata Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |