| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cousinia orientalis K.Koch trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 24: 386 (1851) |
| Native Range | Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems densely tomentose, leaves coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, shiny, abaxially densely hirsute, pinnatilobate, segments oblong-lanceolate, spinose, capitula crowded |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Arctium carduiforme Kuntze Carduus orientalis Adams Cousinia carduiformis Cass. Cousinia orientalis O.Hoffm. Cousinia orientalis Grossh. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |