| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia leptacma Tscherneva trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Zool. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 15: 35 (1959) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves coriaceous, densely white tomentose, petiolate, oblong-elliptic, flat, lobate, lobes deltate, spinose, capitula in compact corymb, cylindrical-oblong, 12-15mm long |
| Size | 25-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |