| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis salicornioides (Jaub. & Spach) S.Tavakkoli |
| Synonyms | Polygonum salicornioides Jaub. & Spach |
| Persepolium salicornioides (Jaub. & Spach) Yurtseva & Mavr. | |
| Polygonum oligophyllum Boiss. | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets rigid, ramose, spinose, leaves minute, carnose, ovate and oblong, uninerved, margins revolute, flowers large, axillary, of 1-2, pedicellate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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