| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea pygmaea (Spreng. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 381 (1826) |
| Native Range | c. & se. Europe |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1600-2250m |
| Description | densely leafy, leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, sessile, entire or remotely dentate, abaxially scabrous hirsute, capitula solitary, 25-35mm across |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | purplish violet |
| Bloom | late 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 spring; cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Carduus pygmaeus Jacq. Cirsium pygmaeum Scop. Cnicus pygmaeus L. Lagurostemon pygmaeus (Jacq.) Cass. Saussurea monocephala Cass. Saussurea polyphylla Schrenk ex Herder Saussurea pygmaea var. europaea Herder Saussurea pygmaea var. sprengeliana Herder Serratula pygmaea Jacq. Theodorea pygmaea Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |