| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Taraxacum brevirostre Hand.-Mazz. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Monogr. Taraxacum: 46 (1907) |
| Native Range | e. Turkey to sw. Siberia and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1700-5000m |
| Description | leaves pinnatipartite to entire, shallowly dentate, scapes thin, involucre pale green, inner phyllaries oblong-linear, the outer lanceolate-ovate, ciliate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale 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 |
| Synonyms | Taraxacum brevirostre var. lanatum (Soest) Abedin Taraxacum brevirostre f. lanatum Soest |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 37 Mongolia |