| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pterocephalus canus Coult. ex DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 653 (1830) |
| Native Range | Iran to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | grey tomentose, leaves obovate-oblong, entire, long petiolate, pedicels long, leafless, involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, flowers in head |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Pterocephalus silenifolius Pau Scabiosa cana (Coult. ex DC.) D.Dietr. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |