| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Askellia lactea (Lipsch.) W.A.Weber trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Phytologia 55: 7 (1984) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Tibet and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 3100-4200m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 7-10mm, acute, subentire, glabrous, capitula few in corymb, involucre cylindrical, 8-10mm long |
| Size | 3-4cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Askellia minuta (Kitam.) Sennikov Crepis lactea Lipsch. Crepis minuta Kitam. Youngia lactea (Lipsch.) Kamelin |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) |