| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia heterophylla Boiss. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 54 (1856) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | grey arachnose, leaves coriaceous, at margins sinuate, shortly lobate-dentate, spinose, petiolate, suborbiculate, capitula shortly pedicellate, minute, subcylindrical |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| 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, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arctium heterophyllum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |