| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Anabasis truncata (Schrenk) Bunge |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(11): 38 (1862) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves scaly-like, suborbiculate, 1-2mm long, margins membranous, obtuse or acute, awnless, flowers solitary, axillary, arranged into short, terminal spike |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anabasis kareliniana Fenzl Anabasis pulcherrima Iljin Brachylepis truncata Schrenk |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |