| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon erinaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Lincz. sect. Tragacanthina |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS 18: 370 (1952) |
| Native Range | s. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-2500m |
| Description | erinaceous, summer leaves pale green, applanate-terete, very rigid, 1-2cm, acerose, glabrous to subsericeous, margins glabrous, spikes 1-2cm, spikelets 2-5, rather approximate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
| Synonyms | Acantholimon parsianum Lincz. Acantholimon purpureum Parsa Acantholimon roseum Boiss. Acantholimon roseum var. pubescens Czerniak. Acantholimon rubellum Boiss. ex Bunge Armeriastrum erinaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze Statice erinacea Jaub. & Spach Statice jaubertii Girard Statice pungens Jaub. & Spach Statice rosea (Boiss.) Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |