| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon acerosum (Willd.) Boiss. sect. Staticopsis |
| Synonyms | Statice acerosa Willd. |
| Armeriastrum acerosum (Willd.) Kuntze | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-2000m |
| Description | erinaceous, glaucous, leaves thick, long, acerose, flatly triquetrous, margins scabrous, spike elongate, spikelets numerous, bracts scarious triangular, long spinose |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub, cushion |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PLUMBAGINACEAE
acerosum brachystachyum Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4: 838 (1879)
acerosum longibracteolorum Dogan & Akaydin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 154(3): 410 (2007)
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