⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-10434, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Saussurea japonica .
The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record EE48773E-4CF7-44D3-956D-1377BB727804
) with original publication details: Bulletin de la societe imperiale des naturalistses de Moscou 41(3): 51 1868.