| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis canescens Bunge |
| Bibliography | Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1839: iii (1839) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 500-1500m |
| Description | leaves grey or grey-green, ovate to broadly elliptic, 5-6mm, on both faces hirsute, obtuse, mucronate, flowers in terminal raceme |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | dark rose |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Tragopyrum canescens C.Presl |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |