| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Psephellus mucroniferus (DC.) Wagenitz trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 30: 34 (2000) |
| Native Range | Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1600-3000m |
| Description | leaves white tomentose, basal leaves lanceolate to suborbiculate, long petiolate, stem leaves few, similar, involucre 15-22mm, capitula radiate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | pinkish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Centaurea mucronifera DC., Prodr. 6: 569 (1838) Centaurea tempskyana Freyn & Sint. Hyalea mucronifera Jaub. & Spach |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |