| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea elliptica C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 372 (1881) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. Xinjiang and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 2500-4600m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, ovate or elliptic, 2-7cm, grey-green, glandular-punctate, denticulate, capitula 2-10 in compact corymb, involucre obconical |
| Size | 2-8cm |
| Color | pale red-purple |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Saussurea alpina var. kuschakewiczii (C.Winkl.) O.Fedtsch. Saussurea kuschakewiczii C.Winkl. Theodorea elliptica (C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.) Kuntze Theodorea kuschakewiczii (C.Winkl.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |