| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon karelinii (Stschegl.) Bunge sect. Tragacanthina |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(2): 58 (1872) |
| Native Range | nw. & n. Iran to ne. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 600-900m |
| Description | summer leaves glaucous, applanate-terete, rigid, 2-4cm, acerose, glabrous, margins smooth, scapes ramose, glabrous, spikes 3-10cm, spikelets 8-15, remote, 1-flowered |
| Size | 9-12cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
| Synonyms | Acantholimon szovitzii Boiss. & Buhse Armeriastrum karelinii (Stschegl.) Kuntze Statice karelinii Stschegl. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |