| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum recurvum Regel |
| Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 606 (1886) |
| Native Range | Central Asia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | glabrous, ramose, leaves patent, curvate, opposite, sessile, lanceolate, coriaceous, entire, spinose-acute, flowers in terminal heads, calyx green, cylindrical |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | rose |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (UZB Uzbekistan) |