| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Anabasis truncata (Schrenk) Bunge |
| Synonyms | Brachylepis truncata Schrenk |
| Anabasis kareliniana Fenzl | |
| Anabasis pulcherrima Iljin | |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves scaly-like, suborbiculate, 1-2mm long, margins membranous, obtuse or acute, awnless, flowers solitary, axillary, arranged into short, terminal spike |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| 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 |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , 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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