| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Pseudopodospermum semicanum (DC.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 69 (2020) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Iraq and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 900-1700m |
| Description | tomentose, arachnose, leaves bright green, sinuate, margins cartilagineous, the lower broadly lanceolate, flat, apiculate, stem leaves narrowly lanceolate, sessile |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Candollea syriaca (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Yild. Kandemiria syriaca (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Yild. Pseudopodospermum syriacum (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Zaika & al. Pseudopodospermum turkeviczii var. kubanica (Krasch. & Lipsch.) Kuth. Scorzonera colorata Krasch. Scorzonera mollis var. longifolia Boiss. Scorzonera mollis var. platyphylla Bornm. Scorzonera semicana DC. Scorzonera syriaca Boiss. & C.I.Blanche Scorzonera turkeviczii var. kubanica Krasch. & Lipsch. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia) |