It is quite amazing and impressive that there are so many gorgeous flowers growing on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a place with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters. These various beautiful flowers dot the snow-covered plateau, and many of them can also be used as unique herbs of Tibetan medicine.

Saussurea obvallata grows in places with an elevation of 3,200 to 4,700 meters and usually can be found in stony hillsides, alpine meadows and rock crevices of creeks. With a function of treating rheumatoid arthritis and alpine discomfort, it still has not been artificially cultivated at present.

Saussurea obvallata grows in places with an elevation of 3,200 to 4,700 meters and usually can be found in stony hillsides, alpine meadows and rock crevices of creeks. With a function of treating rheumatoid arthritis and alpine discomfort, it still has not been artificially cultivated at present.