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Acantholimon erythraeum Bunge sect. Staticopsis 
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FamilyPLUMBAGINACEAE
Genus speciesAcantholimon erythraeum Bunge sect. Staticopsis
BibliographyTrudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 99 (1875)
Native RangeCentral Asia to Afghanistan
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1500-3000m
Descriptionleaves pale green, triquetrous, linear-subulate, rigid, 2-4cm, acerose, subglabrous, margins smooth, spike terminal, minute, 2-3cm, spikelets 5-10, 1-flowered, calyx purple
Size3-5cm
Colorrose
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C
half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
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