Saussurea salicifoliaDC.

WFO wfo-0000045075 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. a Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-13 / obs. 158455138
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158452580
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. c Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158445399
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Евгений Егорейченков
fig. d Евгений Егорейченков, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190814152
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Евгений Егорейченков
fig. e Евгений Егорейченков, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190813802
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Dag Endresen
fig. f Dag Endresen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 25253967
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Natalya Ivanova
fig. g Natalya Ivanova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25106318
Saussurea salicifolia, photographed by Юлия
fig. h Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80794950

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Saussurea salicifolia is native: Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tuva, Xinjiang, Yakutiya AltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaTuvaXinjiangYakutiya
Native distribution of Saussurea salicifolia, 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
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Tuva TVA
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK

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 4 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.

  • Heterotrichum leptophyllum M.Bieb. ex DC.
  • Saussurea leucota Hand.-Mazz.
  • Saussurea salicifolia var. salicifolia
  • Serratula salicifolia L.

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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