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Saussurea obvallata
Perennial herb, 30 to 50 cm tall. Oblong
to elliptic leaves; the upper bracteoid,
yellow, membranous, embracing 4 to 5
capitula. Strong smell. Flowering: Aug and
Sept. Cold hygrophiles, heliophiles,
tolerant to poorness. South to southeast
Tibet. Alpine scree. 3700 to 4800m.
Southwest China. Qinghai. Himalayan
countries. Used as snow-lotus in Tibetan
medicine.
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