| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia caespitosa C.Winkl. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 93 (1887) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-3200m |
| Description | leaves grey-white, winged petiolate, elliptic, pinnatisect, segments triangular, spinose, stem leaves similar, smaller, capitula solitary, involucre crateriform, red-purple |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |