⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-55696, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Saussurea japonica .
The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record 178174B4-A4A8-46A0-BD0A-7819AFFF8635
) with original publication details: Journal of Japanese Botany 25(3-4): 41 1950.