| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea singarensis Boiss. & Hausskn. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 3: 654 (1875) |
| Native Range | Iraq |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves thin, green, lanceolate, acute, long petiolate, entire to lyrate, stem leaves scaly, linear, capitula solitary, ovate, involucre minutely pubescent, spinose |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq) |