| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia aleppica Boiss. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 101 (1849) |
| Native Range | Lebanon to s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Description | ramose, leaves rigid, adaxially glabrescent, the basal lanceolate, pinnatilobate, lobes triangular, spinose, stem leaves smaller, lanceolate, dentate, capitula solitary |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |