Ptilostemon

Ptilostemon is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Ptilostemon: • Ptilostemon abylensis - Morocco

• Ptilostemon afer  - Turkey, Balkan Peninsula

• Ptilostemon casabonae  - France, Italy

• Ptilostemon chamaepeuce  - eastern Mediterranean

• Ptilostemon diacantha - Turkey, Syria, Lebanon

• Ptilostemon dyricola  - Morocco

• Ptilostemon echinocephalus  - Crimea, Turkey, Republic of Georgia

• Ptilostemon gnaphaloides  - France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya

• Ptilostemon × grandei

• Ptilostemon greuteri Raimondo, F. M. & Domina, G. - Sicily

• Ptilostemon hispanicus  - Spain

• Ptilostemon leptophyllus  - Morocco

• Ptilostemon niveus  - Italy

• Ptilostemon × pabotii Greuter

• Ptilostemon × parisiensis Greuter

• Ptilostemon rhiphaeus  - Morocco, Algeria

• Ptilostemon stellatus  - France, Italy, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro

• Ptilostemon strictus  - Italy, Greece, Balkan Peninsula

• 'Ptilostemon × tauricola' - Turkey