| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea austromaroccana (Förther & Podlech) Gómiz trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 61: 208 (2004) |
| Native Range | Moroco, Mauritania |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Description | white tomentose, stems short, procumbent, shortly ramose, leaves bipinnatifid, upper leaves sometimes entire, capitula large, involucre spinose, spines 3-4cm long |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Centaurea pungens ssp. austromaroccana Förther & Podlech |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) |