Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Variety
- Author
- (Nakai & Kitag.) Raab-Straube
- Publication
- Fl. China 20-21: 78 (2011)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Subfamily
- Carduoideae
- Tribe
- Cardueae
- Subtribe
- Saussureinae
- Genus
- Saussurea
- Species
- Saussurea japonica