Asteraceae
Saussurea obvallata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Saussurea
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Common names
By language (10)
- Bangla
- ব্রহ্ম কমল
- Chinese
- 苞叶雪莲, 苞葉雪蓮, 瑞苓草, 苞叶雪莲(紫苞风毛菊), 苞叶风毛菊, 紫苞风毛菊
- Gujarati
- બ્રહ્મકમળ
- Hindi
- ब्रह्म कमल, कौल पद्म
- Kannada
- ಸೋಸೂರಿಯಾ ಆಬ್ವ್ಯಾಲೇಟಾ
- Malayalam
- ബ്രഹ്മകമലം
- Marathi
- ब्रह्मकमळ
- Nepali
- ब्रह्म कमल
- Odia
- ବ୍ରହ୍ମ କମଳ, ବ୍ରହ୍ମକମଳ
- Telugu
- బ్రహ్మ కమలం, బ్రహ్మ కమలము
Synonyms
- Aplotaxis obvallata DC.
- Carduus tectus Wall.
- Saussurea obvallata var. obvallata
Photos

Photo: Schwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saurabh Singh singh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.