| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Melanoseris polyclada (Boiss.) Akhani & al. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PLoS ONE 8(12): e 82692 (17) (2013) |
| Native Range | ne. Iran to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | glabrous, branchlets very ramose, basal leaves in rosette, shortly petiolate, 2-5cm, lyrate-pinnatisect, segments 1-3, upper leaves usually absent, capitula pedunculate, 1-4cm, |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | pink, lavender blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cephalorrhynchus polycladus (Boiss.) Kirp. Cicerbita lipskyi Krasch. Cicerbita polyclada Beauverd Lactuca intricatissima Rech.f. Launaea polyclada (Boiss.) Kuntze Melanoseris rapunculoides Edgew. Zollikoferia polyclada Boiss. Zollikoferiastrum polycladum (Boiss.) Kamelin |
| 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, WHM West Himalaya) |