| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Pseudopodospermum raddeanum (C.Winkl.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 69 (2020) |
| Native Range | Iran to Central Asia and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | leaves adpressed arachnose-hirsute, linear, grass-like, acuminate, at base vaginate, at margins sinuate, capitula large, solitary, involucre tomentose |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | lilac-purple, red |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous 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 division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Candollea raddeana (C.Winkl.) Yild. Kandemiria raddeana (C.Winkl.) Yild. Scorzonera afgana Rech.f. Scorzonera raddeana C.Winkl. Scorzonera stenophylla Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Lipsch. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |