| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon cleistocalyx Hand.-Mazz. |
| Bibliography | Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 72: 33 (1822) |
| Native Range | Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves broadly vaginate, rigid, subcylindrical, acerose, on margins scabrous, scapes short, erect fragile, green, ramose, spikelets 3-4, remote, 1-flowered, corolla large |
| Size | 6-10cm |
| Color | rich 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |