| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Lactuca alaica Kovalsk. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 131 (1993) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 4000-4500m |
| Description | stems thin, leaves in outline oblong-oblanceolate, runcinate-pinnatipartite, acute, dentate, long petiolate, glabrous, capitula 1-3, involucre cylindrical |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in fall |
| Synonyms | Lactuca taraxacifolia Khalkuziev |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan) |