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Acantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss. sect. Glumaria 
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FamilyPLUMBAGINACEAE
Genus speciesAcantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss. sect. Glumaria
BibliographyProdr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 632 (1848)
Native RangeAfghanistan to nw. Xinjiang and w. Himalaya
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1500-4500m
Descriptionleaves glaucous, linear, 15-30mm, rigid, glabrous, shortly spinose, inflorescence unbranched, 3-4cm, densely pubescent, spikelets 5-8, 2-3-flowered, calyx infundibuliform
Size5-10cm
Colorpink, pinkish
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C
half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator
SynonymsAcantholimon tibeticum Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke
Armeriastrum lycopodioides (Girard) Kuntze
Statice lycopodioides Girard
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
     36 China (CHX Xinjiang)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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