| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis spinosa L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 333 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. European Russia to Mongolia and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 400-3000m |
| Description | branchlets patent, at apex leafless, tipped with spine, leaves glaucous, 3-5mm, thick, orbiculate, shortly petiolate, rounded, glabrous, flowers in axillary fascicles |
| Size | 30-80cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Atraphaxis afghanica Meisn. Atraphaxis calvertii Boiss. Atraphaxis candida Boiss. Atraphaxis crassifolia C.Agard Atraphaxis densiflora K.Koch Atraphaxis fischeri Jaub. & Spach Atraphaxis karelinii Jaub. & Spach Atraphaxis spinosa var. angustifolia C.Y.Yang & Y.L.Han Atraphaxis spinosa var. glauca Boiss. Atraphaxis spinosa var. linnaeana Meisn. Tragopyrum rotundifolium C.Presl Tragopyrum spinosum (L.) C.Presl |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 2 Africa 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |