| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Lomelosia variifolia (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 15: 76 (1985) |
| Native Range | Aegean Islands to sw. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves glabrous, green, oblong, petiolate, entire to trilobate, involucral bracts hirsute, oblong, obtuse, flowers in radiate heads |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Scabiosa cretica ssp. carpatha P.H.Davis Scabiosa cretica ssp. variifolia (Boiss.) P.H.Davis Scabiosa variifolia Boiss. Trochocephalus variifolius (Boiss.) Holub |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |