| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Carthamus eriocephalus (Boiss.) Greuter trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 33: 53 (2003) |
| Native Range | n. Africa to Israel and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, pinnatipartite, segments decurrent, triangular-lanceolate, entire or spinose-dentate, the upper sessile, lanceolate, pectinate-spinose, capitula 5cm, lanate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | blue, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Carduncellus eriocephalus Boiss. Carthamodes eriocephala Kuntze Onobroma eriocephalum (Boiss.) Pomel |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia) |