Saussurea alpina subsp. alpina

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 217

(a) Subsp. alpina :

Stems usually 10-50 cm, erect. Leaves glabrous above, greyish-arachnoid-villous beneath, the upper not exceeding the inflorescence, the lower ovate- to broadly lanceolate, cuneate at base, gradually narrowed into petiole. Inflorescence usually a compact corymb. 2« = 52, 54. Almost throughout the range of the species.