| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia deserti Bunge trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint. Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 9(2): 29 (1865) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | glabrous, stems white, leaves ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-dentate, shortly spinose, amplexicaule, capitula 1-3, long pedicellate, terminal, oblong, involucre glabrous |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arctium deserti (Bunge) Kuntze Cousinia leuconeura Bornm. & Gauba |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |