| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon diapensioides Boiss. sect. Glumaria |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 624 (1848) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to sw. Xinjiang and Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2700-4800m |
| Description | leaves grey in columnar rosettes, small, linear, acute, dotted with Ca glands, spikelets sessile, 1-3, in centre of each rosette, calyx with adpressed lobes, rose |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale red |
| 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 | Armeriastrum diapensioides (Boiss.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |