| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Anabasis cretacea Pall. |
| Synonyms | Anabasis cretica Vitman |
| Anabasis tianschanica Botsch. | |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets yellow-green, leaves scaly-like, terete, 1-2mm, margins membranaceous, obtuse, awnless, flowers solitary, axillary, bracts ovate-oblong, obtuse |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (South European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Uzbekistan ) China (Xinjiang) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | AMARANTHACEAE
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