| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea nuda Ledeb. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 15 (1829) |
| Native Range | ne. Siberia to Russian Far East, Alaska to Montana |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-2800m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, oblong or lanceolate, stem leaves sessile to amplexicaule, linear to lanceolate, on both faces green, dentate, capitula 10-16 in dense raceme |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pinkish violet |
| Bloom | 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea alpina var. densa Hook. Saussurea alpina var. ledebouri (Herder) A.Gray Saussurea densa (Hook.) Rydb. Saussurea ledebourii Herder Saussurea nuda ssp. densa (Hook.) G.W.Douglas Saussurea nuda var. densa (Hook.) Hultén |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada |