| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia stenocephala Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 115 (1846) |
| Native Range | w. Iran to Syria and se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | adpressed grey hirsute, leaves coriaceous, rigid, oblong, densely acutely lobate-dentate, spinose, stem leaves long decurrent, dentate, capitula sessile, cylindrical |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arctium involucratum (Boiss.) Kuntze Arctium stenocephalum (Boiss.) Kuntze Cousinia involucrata Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |