| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea ensiformis P.H.Davis trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 67 (1956) |
| Native Range | sw. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1600-1700m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, tomentose, narrowly lanceolate, entire, the basal petiolate, the other sessile by tapered base, appendages large, straw yellow, tipped with 2-9mm spine |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 (TUR Turkey) |