| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Tugarinovia mongolica Iljin trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 357 (1928) |
| Native Range | Inner Mongolia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 800-1500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, coriaceous, elliptic, pinnate, segments irregularly, shallowly spiny dentate, arachnose-hirsute, capitula solitary, 7-14mm long, involucre spinose |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia) 37 Mongolia |