| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Moriera spinosa Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 17: 182 (1842) |
| Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to Afghanistan and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets subefoliate, spinose, leaves minute, carnose, linear-terete, obtuse, flowers in short raceme, pedicels persistent, turn into spines, siliques ovate-orbiculate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aethionema cabulicum (Boiss.) Bornm. Aethionema spinosum (Boiss.) Prantl Lepidium intricatum Boiss. & Buhse Moriera cabulica Boiss. Moriera gracilis Czerniak. Moriera spinosa ssp. cabulica (Boiss.) Jafri Moriera stenoptera Bornm. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |