| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea wernerioides Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 367 (1881) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 3800-5400m |
| Description | leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic-oblanceolate, abaxially densely grey-white tomentose, acute, pinnatilobate, sharply dentate, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, purple |
| Size | 1-3cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | late 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 |
| Synonyms | Theodorea werneroides Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |