| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Alfredia nivea Kar. & Kir. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 395 (1842) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to sw. Siberia and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-2500m |
| Description | taproot, leaves lanceolate, pinnatilobate, spinose-crenate, adaxially coriaceous, abaxially villose, capitula 4-7cm long, outer involucral bracts spinose |
| Size | 20-60cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Alfredia suaveolens Rupr. Arctium niveum (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze Carduus karelinii B.Fedtsch. Carduus suaveolens (Rupr.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. Cousinia trautvetteri Regel |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |