| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cardopatium corymbosum (L.) Pers. |
| Bibliography | Syn. Pl. 2: 500 (1807) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Altitude | 0-800m |
| Description | leaves alternate, in outline oblanceolate, pinnatisect, segments narrow, spiny, glabrous, capitula 5-10mm in corymb, involucre many-seriate, outer bracts herbaceous, spiny |
| Size | 8-40cm |
| Color | pale blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Broteroa boryi Kuntze Brotera corymbosa (L.) Willd. Broteroa boryi Kuntze Cardopatium apulum Spach Cardopatium billardierei Spach Cardopatium boryi Spach Cardopatium orientale Jaub. & Spach Cardopatium virionis Heldr. Carthamus corymbosus (L.) L. Cnicus horridus Forssk. Echinops corymbosus L. Onobroma corymbosa (L.) Spreng. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |