Saussurea parviflora(Poir.) DC.

WFO wfo-0000088123 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saussurea parviflora, photographed by Владимир Преловский
fig. a Владимир Преловский, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-08 / obs. 156008771
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. b nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160832082
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. c nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160826688
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by Юлия
fig. d Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160031235
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by Юлия
fig. e Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170723525
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by Юлия
fig. f Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152933963
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by Юлия
fig. g Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152817105
Saussurea parviflora, photographed by Юлия
fig. h Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152932798

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Saussurea parviflora is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Primorye, Qinghai, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, East European Russia AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMongoliaPrimoryeQinghaiTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaEast European Russia
Native distribution of Saussurea parviflora, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
East European Russia RUE EUROPE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Saussurea atriplicifolia Fisch. ex Herder
  • Saussurea decurrens Hemsl.
  • Saussurea parviflora subsp. parviflora
  • Saussurea parviflora var. atriplicifolia (Fisch. ex Herder) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Saussurea parviflora var. cinerascens Hand.-Mazz.
  • Saussurea parviflora var. cuspidata Hand.-Mazz.
  • Saussurea parviflora var. parviflora
  • Saussurea serrata DC.
  • Saussurea serrata var. serrata
  • Serratula parviflora Poir.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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