| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Arctium nidulans (Regel) Sennikov trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 87: 43 (2011) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to nw. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3500-3700m |
| Description | leaves grey-white, villose, petiolate, elliptic-oblanceolate, bipinnatisect, long spinose, stem leaves similar, smaller, capitula 5-10, involucre spinose |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arctium eriophorum (Regel & Schmalh.) Kuntze Carduus horridus (Rupr.) B.Fedtsch. Carduus nidulans (Regel) Rupr. Cirsium nidulans Regel Cnicus nidulans (Regel) Krasn. Olgaea nidulans (Regel) Iljin Cousinia eriophora Regel & Schmalh. Jurinea horrida Rupr. Schmalhausenia eriophora (Regel & Schmalh.) C.Winkl. Schmalhausenia nidulans (Regel) Tscherneva Wettsteinia nidulans (Regel) Petr. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |