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Saussurea alpina
Also called Alpine Saussurea, Purple Hawkweed
Saussurea alpina is a hardy perennial alpine herb in the daisy family, native from Europe to Siberia and northern Xinjiang. It grows best in cool, well-drained, gritty conditions with full sun and is mainly grown in rock gardens or alpine collections.
Saussurea alpina, the alpine saw-wort, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Asteraceae ranging from Europe to Siberia and China.
Saw Wort · American saw-wort · Saussurea esthonica · Saussurea glacialis · Saussurea gossypiphora · Saussurea laniceps · Saussurea obvallata · Saussurea simpsoniana · Weber's saw-wort · Saw-wort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saussurea alpina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
