| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Arthrophytum iliense Iljin |
| Bibliography | Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 19: 171 (1934) |
| Native Range | e. Kazakhstan to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets grey-brown, leaves subulate, 2-4mm, patent, acute, upper leaves shorter, triangular, obtuse or mucronate, bracts orbiculate, carnose, perianth spherical |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| 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 iliense (Iljin) Korovin & Mironov |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |