| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Acanthophyllum bracteatum Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 43 (1843) |
| Native Range | Iran to Iraq, n. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | grey, glabrous, leaves patent, subulate, flowers in dense, spherical, long pedunculate clusters, corolla tetramerous, calyx lobes obtuse, petals linear-lanceolate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acanthophyllum leucostegium Schiman-Czeika Acanthophyllum khuzistanicum Schiman-Czeika Alyssum bractetum Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |