| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Scorzonera alpigena (K.Koch) Grossh. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44(2): 247 (1927) |
| Native Range | w. Transcaucasus to e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-2200m |
| Description | leaves glabrous, green, linear, entire, capitula 10-12mm long, involucre puberulent, glabrescent, outer bracts triangular-lanceolate, ligules abaxially purple |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Podospermum alpigenum K.Koch Podospermum canum var. alpinum (Boiss.) Yild. Podospermum pindicola Hausskn. Scorzonera cana var. alpina (Boiss.) D.F.Chamb. Scorzonera candica Lipsch. Scorzonera jacquiniana var. alpina Boiss. Scorzonera jacquiniana var. subintegra Boiss. Scorzonera pindicola (Hausskn.) Lipsch. Scorzonera subintegra (Boiss.) J.Thiébaut |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |