| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum squarrosum Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 81 (1854) |
| Native Range | s. Transcaucasus to w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | ramose, grey-green, crisped pubescent, leaves patent, subulate to aristate, sometimes glabrous, at apex spinose, flowers in terminal corymb, petals elliptic-linear, acute |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acanthophyllum pungens var. squarrosum (Boiss.) Golenkin |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |