| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Taraxacum karakoricum Soest trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 268 (1961) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves lanceolate, 4-10cm, shallowly lobate, lobes entire, spreading, petiole broadly winged, scape apically hirsute, capitula 25-35mm, ligules purple striate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |