Russowia is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.Winkler, Constantin Georg Alexander. 1890. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 11: 281-283 in LatinTropicos, Russowia C. Winkler The only known species is Russowia sogdiana, native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
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