| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Carlina frigida Boiss. & Heldr. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 6: 109 (1846) |
| Native Range | Balkan Peninsula, Lebanon to Syria |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | glabrous, leaves linear-lanceolate, pinnatipartite, segments linear-lanceolate, tipped with long spine, stem densely leafy, capitula 2-6, in compact corymb |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| 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 root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Carlina frigida ssp. renatae Meusel & Dittrich |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |