| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea blanda Schrenk trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 354 (1842) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to n. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1400-1700m |
| Description | leaves yellow glandular-punctate, petiolate, oblong, pinnate, segments ovate to lanceolate, capitula in corymb, involucre cylindrical, 5-seriate, glabrous, green |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea konuroba Saposhn. Theodorea blanda Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |