| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum elatius Bunge |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 1: 561 (1867) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | glabrous, glaucous, leaves spreading, short, lanceolate, flat, abaxially convex, calyx glabrous, lobes triangular-subulate, aristate, petals oblong-linear, obtuse |
| Size | 25-70cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acanthophyllum borsczowii Litw. Acanthophyllum conjugens Rech.f. Acanthophyllum pungens var. subglabriusculum Regel Acanthophyllum spinosum Bunge |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |