| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Syncalathium porphyreum (C.Marquand & Airy Shaw) Y.Ling trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 287 (1965) |
| Native Range | Qinghai to Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 4400-4500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, oblong to suborbiculate, irregularly sharply denticulate, adaxially white pubescent, abaxially glabrous, capitula numerous in cluster |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Crepis glomerata var. porphyrea C.Marquand & Airy Shaw Lactuca porphyrea (C.Marquand & Airy Shaw) Stebbins |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |