| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia grisea Kult. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 6: 5 (1929) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves soft, adaxially grey-green, abaxially white tomentose, entire, linear-oblong, thinly petiolate, acute, stem leaves sessile, spinose, capitula ovoid, 8mm long |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | whitish |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (UZB Uzbekistan) |