Saussurea involucrata, Snow Lotus, Xue Lian Saussurea involucrata, Snow Lotus, Xue Lian 雪莲 Snow LotusBry Rgod Sug Pa (S. medusa, Tibet)Xue Lian, Tian Shan Xue Lian (S. involucrata) (TCM)Mian Tou Xue Tu Zi  绵头雪兔子 (S. laniceps) (TCM)Shui Mu Xue Tu Zi 水母雪兔子 (S. medusa) (TCM) Saussurea gossypiphoraHoutte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 15 (1845) Saussurea gossypiphora(Photo by Greatestprateek) (Wikimedia) Wild Snow Lotus gathered from the Mountains of Western Sichuan (Adam, 2016) Varieties of Snow Lotus available on the Chinese market.(Photo by K.b.cheng) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Saussurea spp.A number of species have been listed: S. involucrata (syn. Aplotaxis involucrata): Snow Lotus, Xue Lian (TCM): S. laniceps: Cotton-headed snow lotus, Mian Tou Xue Lian S. medusa: Shui Mu Xue Lian (TCM), Bya rgod sug pa  བྱ་རྒོད་སུག་པ་, Me tog gangs lha མེ་ཏོག་གངས་ལྷ་ S. gossypiphora: Bya rgod sug pa བྱ་རྒོད་སུག་པ་ S. gnaphaloides: Cudweed-like Saussurea, Shu Qu Feng Mao Ju (TCM) Others listed include S. globosa, S. polylada, S. tridactyla, S. obvallata, S. longifoliaTibetan sources for Saussurea species are complex and inconsistent. Different sources give different species under the same name and give different uses for each species. However, based on Chinese sources (Encyclopedia of TCM), the above 5…

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