| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea damascena Boiss. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 112 (1849) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | grey tomentose-pubescent, lower leaves narrowly linear, petiolate, sparsely, shortly dentate-lobate, stem leaves scaly, capitula minute, oblong, eradiate, involucre glabrous |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | pale rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |