| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Acantholimon armenum Boiss. & A.Huet sect. Staticopsis |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2. 4: 64 (1859) |
| Native Range | n. Iraq to w. Syria and e. & s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 500-2700m |
| Description | bluish gray to glaucous, leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-4cm long, floral spikes loosely ramose, main axis subflexuose, calyx white, bright purple striate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | pinkish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
| Synonyms | Acantholimon baltanense Boiss. & Hausskn. Acantholimon caryophyllaceum Hausskn. ex Bunge Armeriastrum armenum (Boiss. & A.Huet) Kuntze Armeriastrum balansae Kuntze Armeriastrum baltanense (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Kuntze Armeriastrum hausknechtii Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |