Saussurea is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae, notable for its flower heads often enveloped in dense, woolly hairs. Species occur across cool temperate and arctic parts of East Asia, Europe and North America, with many adapted to alpine conditions. Leaves form a basal rosette and then spiral up the flowering stem, while size ranges from tiny alpine rosettes to tall thistle-like plants. Flowering occurs July to September, with individual florets and the surrounding wool varying from white to purple.

Saw-wort (Saussurea) is a genus of perennial Asteraceae from cool temperate and alpine regions, with woolly white to purple flower heads flowering July to.

Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of East Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habitats in the Himalayas and East Asia. Common names include saw-wort and snow lotus, the latter used for a number of high altitude species in East Asia.