| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis salicornioides (Jaub. & Spach) S.Tavakkoli |
| Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1167 (2014) |
| Native Range | w. & s. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | 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 | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 |
| Synonyms | Persepolium salicornioides (Jaub. & Spach) Yurtseva & Mavrodiev Polygonum oligophyllum Boiss. Polygonum salicornioides Jaub. & Spach |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |