| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea hieracioides Hook.f. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 371 (1881) |
| Native Range | c. China to Qinghai and e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2800-5200m |
| Description | basal leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, entire, stem leaves sessile, similar, sparsely villose, capitula solitary, terminal, involucre broadly campanulate, lanate |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 leveilleana Maire ex H.Lév. Saussurea villosa Franch. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |