| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum pungens (Bunge) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 561 (1867) |
| Native Range | Caucasus to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 400-1300m |
| Description | leaves subulate, acute, 2-4cm, flowers in head, 2-5cm broad, calyx red, tubular, white hirsute, lobes spinose, petals oblanceolate, ca. 12mm long |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | pink-red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acanthophyllum brevicalycale Soskov Acanthophyllum ruptile Vved. Acanthophyllum tenuifolium Schischk. Saponaria pungens Bunge |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |