| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Pentanema persicum (DC.) D.Gut.Larr. & al. trib. Inuleae |
| Bibliography | Taxon 67: 159 (2018) |
| Native Range | Iran to Central Asia and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | minutely glandular, leaves thick, linear, acute, the basal attenuate, the upper short, capitula terminal, discoid, pedunculate, involucre green, bracts oblong |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Inula rupestris Aitch. & Hemsl. Iphiona persica Benth. & Hook.f. Vartheimia persica DC. Varthemia persica var. squarrosula Bornm. ex Rech.f. Varthemia persica var. stenocephala Bornm. ex Rech.f. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |