Myopordon pulchellum

Autrania pulchella Myopordon pulchellum (Arabic: مِيوبُرْدون ظَريف)[1] is a species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

[2][3] The plant is sub-acaulescent with a single flowering head, it measures 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 to 2.0 in).

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 fruit is a smooth rotund achene with lateral hilum measuring 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) wide surmounted by a white pappus.