| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Askellia elegans (Hook.) W.A.Weber trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Phytologia 55: 6 (1984) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic or Subalpine |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Altitude | 1300-2000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, spathulate or elliptic, coarsely dentate to entire, acute, glabrous, capitula in dense panicle, involucre cylindrical, black-green, glabrous |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Barkhausia elegans (Hook.) Nutt. Crepis elegans Hook. Youngia elegans (Hook.) Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |