| Name | Saussurea carduiformis Franchet |
| Authorship | Franchet |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Saussurea |
| Citation | 1894 J. Bot. (Morot) 8: 343 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Saussurea carduiformis Franchet |
| Identification made in | 2016 (1) |