| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Tragopogon montanus S.A.Nikitin trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 270 (1938) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Iran and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1200-2500m |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves glabrous, flat, wide, many nerved, the lower linear, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, long acuminate, amplexicaule, capitula solitary, 3-4cm long |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | purple, mauve |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | 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 in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |