| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Ramaliella tortuosissima (Boiss.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 66 (2020) |
| Native Range | s. Jordan to s. Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2500m |
| Description | silver grey, stems densely ramose, basal leaves linear, 5-10cm, white hirsute, entire, acute, the upper linear, curvate, capitula pedicellate, in pairs, infundibuliform |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Scorzonera tortuosissima Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |