[2][3] The plant has been commonly used in folk medicine in Lebanon and its promising bioactive properties have been subject to a number of studies.

The stem is highly pubescent at the base, and the trichomes become less dense at the tips.

The plant has long, membranous and brownish stipules; it has a yellow-green pedicellated and glabrous inflorescence.

[2][6][7] A 2004 screening of Lebanese indigenous plants that have historically been used in folk-medicine conducted in the American University of Beirut Nature Conservation Center laboratories showed that A. diademata extract had an antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus.

[8] A 2014 study investigating the biological activity of Lebanese indigenous medicinal plants showed that whole plant extracts of A. diademata has a significant repellent effect against the adult silverleaf whitefly, an important invasive agricultural pest.