| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon polystachyum Boiss. sect. Tragacanthina |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 624 (1848) |
| Native Range | Iran to w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-2500m |
| Description | spring leaves lanceolate, caducous, summer leaves flat, convex, pungent, persistent, scapes longer than leaves, spikes 5-6 in fascicles along scape |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Armeriastrum polystachyum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |