Saussurea auriculata (DC.) Sch.Bip., Linnaea 19: 331. 1846 331 1846. (syn. Aplotaxis auriculata DC.; Carduus auriculatus Wall. [Invalid]; Cnicus auriculatus Wall. [Invalid]; Himalaiella auriculata (DC.); Saussurea hypoleuca Spreng. ex DC.; Theodorea auriculata Kuntze); . so-SUR-ree-a — named for Nicolas-Theodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist and … Dave’s Botanary aw-rik-yoo-LAY-tuh — shaped like an ear, eared … […]