| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Anabasis elatior (C.A.Mey.) Schischk. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Sibir. Occ. [P.N.Krylov] 4: 961 (1930) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets silvery grey, leaves clavate, 3-5mm, patent, obtuse or acute, bracts orbiculate, obtuse, margins membranous, perianth subspherical, 15mm across |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| 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 intermedia Moq. Anabasis korovinii Iljin ex A.N.Vassiljeva Anabasis phyllophora Kar. & Kir. Anabasis subulifolia C.A.Mey. Brachylepis elatior C.A.Mey. Brachylepis intermedia Kar. & Kir. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |