| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Echinops tjanschanicus Bobrov trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS 27: 22, 714 (1962) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-2200m |
| Description | leaves coriaceous, abaxially arachnose-lanate, adaxially green, glabrous, elliptic, pinnatipartite, spinose, stem leaves similar, amplexicaule, heads 3-4cm across |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |