Karelinia caspia

Karelinia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Genus is named in honor of Grigory Karelin (1801-1872), Russian explorer. There is only one known species, Karelinia caspia, native to European Russia, Altai, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, China (Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu), and Mongolia.