• Scientific Name: Saussurea tomentosa Kom.
• Ref: Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. ii.:135. 1921
• Synonym: Saussurea alpicola Kitam.
• Chinese Common Name: 高岭风毛菊 gāolǐng fēngmáo∙jú
• Japanese Common Name: ミヤマウラジロヒゴタイ [深山裏白平江帯] miyamaurajirohigotai
• Family: Asteraceae
• Genus: Saussurea
• Distribution: By waterfalls, grasslands, rock crevices; 1500-2600 m. Jilin (Changbai Shan) [Korea, Russia (Far East)].
• Photo: 07/26/2008, Mt. Changbai, Jilin

Herbs 10-30 cm tall, perennial. Stem erect, simple, sparsely tomentose. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate; petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade triangular to triangular-ovate, 3-12 × 1-3.5 cm, abaxially grayish white and densely tomentose, adaxially green and sparsely arachnoid tomentose to subglabrous, base cordate, truncate, or cuneate, margin sharply dentate or entire, apex acuminate, acute, or sometimes obtuse. Middle and upper stem leaves few, narrowly elliptic to linear, margin sharply dentate or entire. Capitula solitary or 2, terminal on stem, usually subtended by 1 or 2 linear leaves. Involucre campanulate, 2-2.5 cm in diam. Phyllaries in 4 or 5 rows, whitish, tomentose, apex acute; outer phyllaries ovate, 5-7 × 2.5-3 mm; middle phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, 7-10 × 2.5-3.5 mm; inner phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic, 10-12 × 1.5-2 mm. Corolla purple, 1.2-1.4 cm, tube 6-8 mm, limb ca. 6 mm. Achene pale brown tinged purple, cylindric, ca. 5 mm, ribbed, apex with a denticulate crown. Pappus pale brown; outer bristles 2-3 mm; inner bristles 1-1.1 cm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. (Flora of China)