| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Askellia pygmaea (Ledeb.) Sennikov trib. Cichorieae |
| Synonyms | Prenanthes pygmaea Ledeb. |
| Crepis nana Richardson | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, orbiculate to spathulate, entire or pinnatilobate, obtuse, glabrous, glaucous, capitula numerous in cyme, involucre cylindrical, dark green |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) China (Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada , Utah) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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