⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-74716, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Saussurea amara .
The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record FFED31FB-B976-40E6-B9E7-4A26EAEE1517
) with original publication details: Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou 4(4): "56, 96" 1936.