| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Lomelosia sphaciotica (Roem. & Schult.) Greuter & Burdet |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 15: 76 (1985) |
| Native Range | Crete |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 1400-2400m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves appresed silvery hirsute, linear-oblong, entire to pinnatifid, segments short, ovate, floral heads radiate, minute, few flowered |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Asterocephalus holosericeus Webb Asterocephalus sphacioticus (Roem. & Schult.) Spreng. Pterocephalus tomentosus Coult. ex DC. Scabiosa nudicaulis Sieber Scabiosa sphaciotica Roem. & Schult. Scabiosa tomentosa Sm. Trochocephalus sphacioticus (Roem. & Schult.) Holub |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |