| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Gelasia rigida (Aucher ex DC.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 58 (2020) |
| Native Range | Turkey to Israel and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1700-3700m |
| Description | appresed grey hirsute, leaves glaucous, narrowly linear, obtuse, flexuous, at base dilated to vaginate petiole, stem leaves 0-2, capitula solitary, minute, obconical |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Goekyighitia rigida (Aucher ex DC.) Yild. Scorzonera multiceps Freyn Scorzonera rigida Aucher ex DC. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |