| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis sinaica Jaub. & Spach |
| Bibliography | Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 12 (1844) |
| Native Range | e. Egypt to Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | spinose, leaves minute, ovate-orbiculate, green, reticulate, shortly petiolate, 3-5mm, thick, flowers of 2-5 in axillary fascicles |
| Size | 20-45cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Atraphaxis spinosa var. sinaica (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |