Myopordon pulchellum

Myopordon pulchellum (مِيوبُرْدون ظَريف) is a species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Description
The plant is sub-acaulescent with a single flowering head, it measures 3 to 5 cm. The briefly petiolated leaves are arranged in a rosette around a thick rhizome; the leaves form a sheath around the base. The leaves are appressed, pinnatifid or lyrate and the contour is ovate to lanceolate; both leave faces are canescent with ciliated and spiny margins. The pant's receptacle has silky trichomes. Involucral bracts are canescent and covered with cobweb-like hairs, each bract ends with a single spine. The fruit is a smooth rotund achene with lateral hilum measuring 5 mm long and 1 mm wide surmounted by a white pappus.

Distribution
The plant is endemic to Lebanon.