Cousinia
Plant
The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 650-700 species distributed in central and western Asia.
Many of the species in this genus were once... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Cousinia
Family: Asteraceae
Higher classification: Cardueae
Rank: Genus
Genus: Cousinia; Cass