| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea ninae Iljin trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 27: 145 (1942) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves green, sparsely arachnose-hirsute, oblong, shortly petiolate, acute, aristate, crenate-dentate, capitula in corymb, involucre green or violet |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |