Аннотация
The distribution of Rhaponticum serratuloides on the territory of Kazakhstan has been studied. Rh serratuloides is a typical steppe species with a Pontic-Kazakh-Altai type of habitat. In Kazakhstan, it grows in the steppe zone with a rare occurrence in the northern deserts (Balkhash-Adakol floral district), where it occurs in saline and saline meadows, banks and bottoms of drying salt lakes and rivers. As a result of field research and viewing materials of herbariums AA, LE, MW, KUZ, KG, NUR, the species was found in 13 floristic districts and subdistricts of Kazakhstan. The species was found for the first time in the Tarbagatai floristic district.