| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Klasea pusilla (Labill.) Greuter & Wagenitz trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 33: 59 (2003) |
| Native Range | Syria to Jordan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves in rosette, hirsute, in outline oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatisect, segments minute, oblong, acute, dentate, capitula sessile in rosette, phyllaries coriaceous |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cynara pusilla Labill. Rhaponticum pusillum Boiss. Serratula pusilla (Labill.) Dittrich |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |