Fl. Per.: April.

Type: In provincii Bucharicis Karschi et Burdalyk, Turkestaniae, I. Sprygin & M. V. Kultiasow s.n. (LE).

Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Soviet C. Asia.

I agree with the view of earlier authors as Brand (l.c.) and Kazmi (l.c.) that no substantial difference occurs between Lappula spinocarpos and Lappula ceratophora except in the shape of the fruit and size of tubercles.