| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Lomelosia cretica (L.) Greuter & Burdet |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 15: 74 (1985) |
| Native Range | Baleares, Italy, Sicilia |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves appresed hirsute, oblong or lanceolate, entire, shortly petiolate, involucral bracts oblong, hirsute, flowers in radiate heads |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Asterocephalus africanus (Sm.) Spreng. Asterocephalus creticus (L.) Spreng. Columbaria cretica (L.) C.Presl Scabiosa africana Sm. Scabiosa cretica L. Scabiosa cretica f. balearica Sennen & Pau Scabiosa pallida Salisb. Sclerostemma altissimum Schott Trochocephalus creticus (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Zygostemma creticum (L.) Tiegh. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia) |