| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Staehelina petiolata (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 384 (1973) |
| Native Range | Crete |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 100-1450m |
| Description | branchlets grey hirsute, leaves adaxially glabrescent, abaxially silvery sericeous, ovate, obtuse, petiolate, capitula subsessile, oblong-cylindrical, involucre tomentose |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Barbellina sericea Cass. Gnaphalium petiolatum L. Serratula arborescens (L.) Lam. Staehelina arborea Schreb. Staehelina arborescens L. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |