⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-66794, and has not been changed.
This name is a synonym of Saussurea nipponica var. hokurokuensis .
The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record 22F27F76-0890-4ED7-A42F-D1C81316099B
) with original publication details: "Icon. Pl. As. Orient.: 471, t. 146 (1950)" "471, t. 146" 1950.