| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Tricholepis chaetolepis (Boiss.) Wendelbo trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Nytt. Mag. Bot. 1: 67 (1952) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | glabrous, densely ramose, leaves sessile, short, narrowly linear, carnose, mucronulate, capitula solitary, ovate, phyllaries bracts numerous, linear-subulate |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Jurinea chaetolepis Boiss. Stechmannia chaetolepis (Boiss.) Soják Tricholepis chartolepis (Boiss.) Rech.f. Tricholepis spartoides C.B.Clarke |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |