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Asteraceae

Dwarf alpine hawksbeard

Askellia pygmaea (Ledeb.) Sennikov

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Askellia

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Dwarf alpine hawksbeard (Askellia pygmaea)
FlowerPhoto: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
假苦菜, 矮小还阳参
English
Dwarf alpine hawksbeard, Dwarf alpine hawk's-beard

Synonyms

  • Askellia nana (Richardson) W.A.Weber
  • Askellia nana subsp. nana
  • Askellia nana subsp. ramosa (Babc.) W.A.Weber
  • Askellia pygmaea subsp. ramosa (Babc.) K.L.Chambers & S.C.Meyers
  • Barkhausia nana (Richardson) DC.
  • Barkhausia nana var. flaccida (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Barkhausia nana var. lyratifolia DC.
  • Barkhausia nana var. lyratifolia Turcz.
  • Barkhausia nana var. nana
  • Barkhausia nana var. pygmaea (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Crepis cochlearifolia Fisch. ex Herder
  • Crepis humilis Fisch. ex Herder
  • Crepis nana Richardson
  • Crepis nana subsp. clivicola A.H.Legge
  • Crepis nana subsp. ramosa Babc.
  • Crepis nana subsp. typica Babc.
  • Crepis nana var. compacta Krylov
  • Crepis nana var. lyratifolia (Turcz.) Hultén
  • Crepis nana var. nana
  • Crepis nana var. ramosa (Babc.) Cronquist
  • Hieracioides nana (Richardson) Kuntze
  • Prenanthes polymorpha Ledeb.
  • Prenanthes polymorpha var. flaccida Ledeb.
  • Prenanthes polymorpha var. integrifolia Ledeb.
  • Prenanthes polymorpha var. lyrata Ledeb.
  • Prenanthes polymorpha var. polymorpha
  • Prenanthes polymorpha var. pygmaea (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Prenanthes pygmaea Ledeb.
  • Youngia americana Babc.
  • Youngia nana (Richardson) Kamelin
  • Youngia nana (Richardson) Rydb.
  • Youngia pygmaea (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Youngia pygmaea var. flaccida (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Youngia pygmaea var. lyrata (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
  • Youngia pygmaea var. nana (Richardson) Ledeb.
  • Youngia pygmaea var. pygmaea

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 103 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.