| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Scorzonera paradoxa Fisch. & C.A.Mey. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 7: 119 (1838) |
| Native Range | Transcaucasus to Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | subcaulescent, leaves elliptic or oblong, petiolate, 4cm, reticulate, on apex uncinate, capitula solitary, cylindrical, involucre glabrous, 3-seriate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Picridium picroides Halácsy Scorzonera picridioides Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |