刺头菊属（学名：Cousinia）是菊科下的一个属，为草本植物。该属共有约400种，分布于地中海东部和西亚。

The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae (= Cynareae) is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 600-700 species distributed in central and western Asia.

Many of the species in this genus were once classified in genus Arctium, (Burdock).