| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Melanoseris qinghaica (.S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho) N.Kilian & Ze H.Wang trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PLoS ONE 8(12): e 82692 (18) (2013) |
| Native Range | Qinghai, Bhutan to ne. Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate-sagittate or ovate, entire, glabrous, stem leaves lanceolate, entire, synflorescence corymbose, capitula 5-10, involucre narrowly cylindrical |
| Size | 15-22cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mulgedium qinghaicum S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |