| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Pseudopodospermum papposum (DC.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 69 (2020) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | weakly pubescent, glabrescent, lower leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, obtuse to acuminate, stem leaves sessile, amplexicaule, long acuminate, coriaceous, capitula large |
| Size | 10-18cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Lilacina papposa (DC.) Yild. Scorzonera kurdica Boiss. & Noë Scorzonera papposa DC. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (KUW Kuwait, SAU Saudi Arabia) |