| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea georgei J.Anthony trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 207 (1934) |
| Native Range | sc. China to s. Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 3400-5300m |
| Description | leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, abaxially densely brown lanate, sharply dentate, acuminate, inflorescence in leaf rosette, capitula numerous, hemispherical |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |