| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Iphiona mucronata (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. |
| Bibliography | Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2: 86 (1887) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | pale green, glabrous, very ramose, leaves subulate, acerose, rigid, the basal pinnatipartite, segments spinose, capitula solitary, terminal, phyllaries imbricate |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alkibias mucronata Raf. Chrysocoma mucronata Forssk. Chrysocoma spinosa Delile Conyza pungens Lam. Iphiona dubia Cass. Iphiona juniperifolia Cass. Iphiona spinosa DC. ex Steud. Serratula spinosa Poir. ex DC. Serratula subulata Poir. Staehelina spinosa Vahl |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |