| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Echinops humilis M.Bieb. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 598 (1819) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and sw. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves grey-white, arachnose-lanate, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2-7cm, pinnatilobate to lyrate, capitula solitary, 3cm across, phyllaries oblanceolate, long ciliate |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale 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 |
| Synonyms | Echinops dahuricus Trevir. Echinops eriophorus Steven ex DC. Echinops lanatus Stephan ex DC. Echinops platylepis Trautv. Sphaerocephalus humilis (M.Bieb.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |