| Family | ACANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B.L.Burtt |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 94 (1956) |
| Native Range | Arabian Peninsula, s. Iran and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-800m |
| Description | very branched, leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong to lanceolate, 2-6cm, densely grey pilose, tipped with strong spine, flowers in compact spike, corolla veined |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | blue-violet |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acanthus pectinatus Willd. ex Nees Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze Ruellia ciliaris L. Ruellia persica Burm.f. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |