| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon balchanicum Korovin sect. Tragacanthina |
| Bibliography | Trudy Turkestansk. Nauchn. Obshch. 1: 79 (1923) |
| Native Range | s. Turkmenistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 300-1000m |
| Description | summer leaves glaucous, applanate-terete, very rigid, 1-3cm, acerose, glabrous, margins smooth, scapes glabrous, spikes 2-3cm, spikelets 5-10, remote, 1-flowered, calyx white |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) |