| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Berardia lanuginosa (Lam.) Fiori & Paol. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Anal. Italia [A.Fiori & al.] 3: 316 (1902) |
| Native Range | sw. Alps |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1500-2500m |
| Description | leaves oval or suborbiculate, white lanate, glabrescent, adaxially green, capitula spherical in the midst of rosette, surrounded by numerous, white hirsute, acute bracts |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Arctio lanuginosa (Lam.) Lam. Arctium lanuginosum Lam. Berardia subacaulis Vill. Onopordon rotundifolium All. Vilaria subacaulis Guitt. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |