Acantholimon
Sign in to saveAcantholimon (prickly thrift) is a genus of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae. They are distributed from southeastern Europe to central Asia, and also cultivated elsewhere in rock gardens.
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It is catalogued under topics including Acantholimon, Flora of the Palearctic realm and Plumbaginaceae genera.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPlumbaginaceae
General: Acantholimon (from Gr. άκανθα, akantha, spine and λειμών
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 137
- With media
- 124
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Collections
- A, MO, MICH, SFV, USCH, B
- Recorded in
- Iran, Tajikistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan
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- 刺矶松属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Acantholimon (prickly thrift) is a genus of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae. They are distributed from southeastern Europe to central Asia, and also cultivated elsewhere in rock gardens.
==Form== The evergreen subshrubs are generally cushion to mat-forming, with densely tufted shoots bearing mostly awl (long, pointed spike) to needle or grass-like, prickle to spine-tipped hard-textured leaves. They have shortish, simple or branched flower stems which can be loose or dense. The summer-borne flowers are composed of a funnel-shaped calyx, usually with a flared membranous margin, and five spreading petals.
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