| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea eryngioides Lam. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Encycl. 1: 675 (1785) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Saudi Arabia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | crispate-pubescent, green, leaves lyrate-pinnatisect, segments minute, obtuse, the terminal ovate-oblong, the lateral minute, oblong, capitula solitary, large |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Colymbada eryngioides (Lam.) Holub |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |