| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea tridactyla Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 377 (1881) |
| Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 4300-5800m |
| Description | densely white or brown lanate, lower leaves petiolate, linear, shallowly dentate, the upper spathulate, lobate, synflorescence hemispherical, 3-4cm wide, involucre oblong |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | dark purple |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Theodorea tridactyla Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |