| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon bracteatum (Girard) Boiss. sect. Armeriopsis |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 70 (1846) |
| Native Range | nw. Iran to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1700-3100m |
| Description | glaucous, leaves acerose, the lower short, flat, the other long, narrow, margins scabrous, scapes squamous, spikelets 3-flowered, crowded in capitate spike, bracts orbiculate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
| Synonyms | Acantholimon bracteatum var. intermedium Bordz. Acantholimon bracteatum ssp. splendidum (Bunge) Boiss. Acantholimon splendidum Bunge Armeriastrum bracteatum (Girard) Kuntze Armeriastrum splendidum (Bunge) Kuntze Statice bracteata Girard |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |