| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Centaurea candolleana Boiss. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 127 (1846) |
| Native Range | w. Iran to s. & se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | ramose, glabrous, pale green, stems thinly virgate, leaves thick, entire, erect, narrowly linear, shortly mucronate, capitula solitary, ovate, phyllaries coriaceous, nitid |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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 |
| Synonyms | Centaurea gaubae (Bornm.) Wagenitz Centaurea kotschyi ssp. persica (Boiss.) Greuter Centaurea kotschyi var. persica (Boiss.) Wagenitz Cheirolepis kotschyi ssp. persica (Boiss.) Takht. Cheirolepis persica Boiss. Hyalea persica (DC.) Jaub. & Spach. Hyalea stenophylla Jaub. & Spach Microlonchus persicus DC. Phaeopappus cheirolophus Boiss. Phaeopappus gaubae Bornm. Psephellus persicus (DC.) Wagenitz |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |