| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon tianschanicum Czerniak. sect. Glumaria |
| Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 262 (1937) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to sw. Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-4000m |
| Description | leaves lanceolate to linear, 3-7mm, pale glaucous, at apex conspicuously spinose, inflorescence without main rachis, spikelets axillary, 1-3-flowered, limb dark purple |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale purple, pale red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |