| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia fallax C.Winkl. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk Bot. Sada 10: 471 (1887) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2400m |
| Description | leaves linear, long decurrent, at apex mucronate, obscurely denticulate, adaxially lax arachnose, abaxially white tomentose, margins revolute, capitula solitary |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | late spring, 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) |