Saussurea obvallata
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Saussurea obvallata is a rare, high-altitude Himalayan flowering plant revered in Indian culture and religion, especially in the regions of Uttarakhand and the Western Himalayas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saussurea obvallata canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7344653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saussurea obvallata Context triple: [Brahma kamal, commonNameOf, Saussurea obvallata]
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A.
Goniolimon
Goniolimon is a genus of flowering plants known for its tufted, often salt-tolerant perennials with papery, long-lasting inflorescences commonly used in dried floral arrangements.
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B.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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C.
Saxifraga
Saxifraga is a large genus of mostly small, hardy flowering plants commonly known as saxifrages, often found in rocky or alpine habitats and valued in ornamental gardening.
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D.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
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E.
Caltha
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saussurea obvallata Target entity description: Saussurea obvallata is a rare, high-altitude Himalayan flowering plant revered in Indian culture and religion, especially in the regions of Uttarakhand and the Western Himalayas.
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A.
Goniolimon
Goniolimon is a genus of flowering plants known for its tufted, often salt-tolerant perennials with papery, long-lasting inflorescences commonly used in dried floral arrangements.
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B.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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C.
Saxifraga
Saxifraga is a large genus of mostly small, hardy flowering plants commonly known as saxifrages, often found in rocky or alpine habitats and valued in ornamental gardening.
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D.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
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E.
Caltha
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ plant species ⓘ |
| altitudeRange | 3000–4800 metres ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Lord Brahma
ⓘ
linked to:
Brahma
Lord Shiva ⓘ
linked to:
Shiva
Lord Vishnu ⓘ
linked to:
Vishnu
|
| authority |
(DC.) Edgew.
ⓘ
linked to:
DC.
|
| binomialName | Saussurea obvallata ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
Brahma kamal
ⓘ
Brahmakamal ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | locally threatened in parts of its range ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
revered in Indian culture
ⓘ
sacred in Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| distribution |
Bhutan
ⓘ
India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Tibet ⓘ |
| family | Asteraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pale purple
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
July–September
ⓘ
monsoon ⓘ |
| genus | Saussurea ⓘ |
| growthForm | erect herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
high-altitude alpine regions
ⓘ
meadows ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | capitulum ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | broad leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Himalayas
ⓘ
India ⓘ Tibet ⓘ Uttarakhand ⓘ Western Himalayas ⓘ
linked to:
western Himalayas
|
| order | Asterales ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| rarityStatus | rare ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
associated with Hinduism
ⓘ
offered in Hindu temples ⓘ |
| stateFlowerOf | Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
overharvesting ⓘ |
| usedFor | traditional medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Saussurea obvallata Description of subject: Saussurea obvallata is a rare, high-altitude Himalayan flowering plant revered in Indian culture and religion, especially in the regions of Uttarakhand and the Western Himalayas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.