| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea speciosa Boiss. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 116 (1849) |
| Native Range | Lebanon to n. Israel |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | adpressed grey hirsute, leaves thin, crowded, pinnatipartite, segments oblong, obtuse, pinnatilobate, phyllaries without appendages |
| Size | 25-35cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |