| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Pleiacanthus spinosus (Nutt.) Rydb. trib. Cichorieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Rocky Mts.: 1023, 1069 (1917) |
| Native Range | w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 500-2900m |
| Description | stem ramose, rigid, tipped with spine, lower stem leaves sessile, linear, entire, the upper scaly, capitula solitary, pedunculate, involucre uniseriate |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | rose, bluish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | 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 | Lygodesmia spinosa Nutt. Stephanomeria spinosa (Nutt.) Tomb |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |