| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Diarthron lessertii (Wikstr.) Kit Tan |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 218 (1982) |
| Native Range | Transcaucasus to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | leaves 15-25mm, acuminate, thick, glaucous, glabrous, margins revolute, shortly petiolate, inflorescence shortly spicate, 3-5cm, sepals 4-6mm, lanceolate, acuminate |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chamaejasme lessertii (Wikstr.) Kuntze Chamaejasme stachyoides Kuntze Dais spicata Endl. Dendrostellera glaucescens Pobed. Dendrostellera griffithii (Meisn.) Pobed. Dendrostellera lessertii (Wikstr.) van Tiegh. Dendrostellera olgae Pobed. Dendrostellera persica (Boiss.) Pobed. Dendrostellera ramosissima Pobed. Dendrostellera spicata (Endl.) Tiegh. Diarthron olgae (Pobed.) Kit Tan Diarthron ramosissimum (Pobed.) Kit Tan Passerina lessertii Wikstr. Passerina persica Boiss. Stellera griffithii Meisn. Stellera incana Stapf Stellera lessertii (Wikstr.) C.A.Mey. Stellera lessertii var. afghanica Meisn. Stellera lessertii var. angustifolia Boiss. Stellera lessertii var. incana (Stapf) Bornm. Stellera lessertii var. latifolia Stapf Stellera persica (Boiss.) Endl. Stellera spicata (Endl.) C.A.Mey |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |