| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Echinops babatagensis Tschern. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Uzbekist. 6: 218, 513 (1962) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | stems finely tomentose, glandular, leaves abaxially arachnose-hirsute, the lower petiolate, pinnatipartite, the upper pinnatilobate, decurrent, heads ca. 35mm across |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | pale blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |