| Common name: | Syrian Thistle |
| Hebrew name: | ברקן סור |
| Latin Name: | Notobasis syriaca |
| Habitat: | Heavy Soils |
| Height: | 60-120 cm |
| Distribution: | Golan, Hermon, Gallilee, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Gilboa, Carmel, Samarian mountains, Samarian desert, Judean mountains, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Ein Gedi, Sharon, Shefela, Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat, Valley, |
| Flowering: | March-May |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Type: | Pink/Purple |
| Protected: | No |
| Notes: | Barkan Sun |