| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Haloxylon wakhanicum (Paulsen) Korovin |
| Bibliography | Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 29: 23 (1935) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2100-4200m |
| Description | pale strigose, leaves linear, terete, obtuse, floral bracts smaller, orbiculate, flowers densely crowded in spherical clusters |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | |
| 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 wakhanica Paulsen Arthrophytum lindbergii Aellen Arthrophytum wakhanicum (Paulsen) Korovin ex Iljin Haloxylon griffithii ssp. wakhanicum (Paulsen) Hedge Hammada wakhanica (Paulsen) Iljin |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |