| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Askellia pygmaea (Ledeb.) Sennikov trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Komarovia 5: 86 (2008) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to Central Asia and w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, orbiculate to spathulate, entire or pinnatilobate, obtuse, glabrous, glaucous, capitula numerous in cyme, involucre cylindrical, dark green |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Askellia nana (Richardson) W.A.Weber Barkhausia nana (Richardson) DC. Barkhausia nana var. lyratifolia Turcz. Barkhausia nana var. pygmaea (Ledeb.) Ledeb. Crepis cochlearifolia Fisch. ex Herder Crepis humilis Fisch. ex Herder Crepis nana Richardson Crepis nana ssp. clivicola A.H.Legge Crepis nana var. lyratifolia (Turcz.) Hultén Crepis nana ssp. typica Babc. Hieracioides nana (Richardson) Kuntze Prenanthes polymorpha Ledeb. Prenanthes polymorpha var. pygmaea (Ledeb.) Ledeb. Prenanthes pygmaea Ledeb. Youngia nana (Richardson) Kamelin Youngia pygmaea (Ledeb.) Ledeb. Youngia pygmaea var. nana (Richardson) Ledeb. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |