| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea krylovii Schischk. & Serg. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1944(1): 1 (1944) |
| Native Range | Siberia to Central Asia and n. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 2300-2800m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute, stem leaves sessile, on both faces glandular, capitula 1-4, involucre dark violet to nearly black, long hirsute |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | bright violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |