Acantholimon

Acantholimon
	Acantholimon glumaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Acantholimon; Boiss. (1846), nom. cons.
Species
	321; see text
Synonyms
	Armeriastrum Lindl. (1847); Chaetolimon (Bunge) Lincz. (1938 publ. 1940); Chomutowia B.Fedtsch. (1922); Ghaznianthus Linchevskii (1979); Gladiolimon Mobayen (1964); Vassilczenkoa Lincz. (1979);

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

Species

321 species are currently accepted.^[1] Selected species of Acantholimon include:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Acantholimon Boiss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Iris willmottiana". encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

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[powo-1] Acantholimon Boiss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

[alpine-2] "Iris willmottiana". encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

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