| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Saussurea gnaphalodes (Royle ex DC.) Sch.Bip. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 19: 331 (1846) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to c. & w. China and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 2700-5800m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, obovate to oblong, 13-25mm, densely or sparsely grey to white lanate, capitula cylindrical, 13mm long, in compact, spherical, subsessile corymb |
| Size | 1-6cm |
| 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 | Aplotaxis gnaphalodes Royle ex DC. Aplotaxis sorocephala Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Haplotaxis sorocephala (Schrenk ex Fisch & C.A.Mey.) Schrenk Saussurea sorocephala (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Sch.Bip. Theodorea gnaphalodes (Royle ex DC.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |