| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Tragopogon gracilis D.Don trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 414 (1821) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Xinjiang and Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1500-4300m |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 10cm long, vaginate, capitula few, terminal, involucre cylindrical, phyllaries 5-7, lanceolate, ligules abaxially purple red |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Tragopogon junceus Wall. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |