| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea hololeuca Boiss. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 3: 694 (1875) |
| Native Range | Lebanon to Syria |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | appresed hirsute, stems leafy, simple, leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile, decurrent, capitula solitary, conical, eradiate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| 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, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |