| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum sordidum Bunge ex Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 565 (1867) |
| Native Range | Iran to s. Turkmenistan and w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets subglabrous, leaves 1-2cm, subulate-aristate, pubescent, patent, sessile, tipped with brown spine, flowers in compact, terminal, sessile corymb |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acanthophyllum glaucum Bunge ex Boiss. Acanthophyllum sordidum var. adenocalyx Bornm. Acanthophyllum sordidum var. pruinosum Boiss. Acanthophyllum spinidens Freyn Acanthophyllum viscidum Freyn |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |