| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Atraphaxis arida (Boiss. & Hausskn.) S.Tavakkoli & Kaz.Osaloo |
| Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1167 (2014) |
| Native Range | w. & s. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets thin, apically racemose-ramose, leaves linear-lanceolate, margins revolute, early deciduous, flowers large, pedicellate |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Persepolium aridum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Yurtseva & Mavrodiev Polygonum aridum Boiss. & Hausskn. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |