| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea cana Ledeb. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 18 (1829) |
| Native Range | se. European Russia to sw. Siberia and n. & c. China |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-2800m |
| Description | leaves rigid, abaxially densely white lanate, petiolate, elliptic to linear, pinnatilobate, capitula 4-20 in corymb, involucre narrowly cylindrical, 5-seriate, arachnose |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | pale red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saussurea fruticulosa Kar. & Kir. Theodorea cana Kuntze Theodorea fruticulosa Kuntze |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |