| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Nanophyton erinaceum (Pall.) Bunge |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(11): 51 (1862) |
| Native Range | s. European Russia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves 1-5mm, subulate, acerose, semiamplexicaule, in axils lanate, flowers solitary, axillary, perianth in two whorls, vesiculum ovoid, 2mm wide, yellow-brown |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anabasis caespitosa Steph. ex Moq. Anabasis sieversii Willd. ex Schult. Camphorata acuta Crantz Halimocnemis caspica (Less.) Moq. Halimocnemis juniperina C.A.Mey. Nanophyton caspicum Less. Nanophyton juniperinum C.A.Mey. Nanophyton macranthum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Polycnemum erinaceum Pall, Polycnemum juniperinum M.Bieb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |