| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum diezianum Hand.-Mazz. |
| Bibliography | Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 72: 31 (1923) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems numerous, terete, bluish, leaves deccusate, curvate, 17-30mm, attenuate to short spine, flowers numerous in compact cyme, sessile, petals narrow, shorter than calyx |
| Size | 4-9cm |
| Color | white-rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |