Acantholimon bracteatum

Description

Acantholimon bracteatum is a species of Magnoliopsida first described by Frédéric de Girard, and given its simplified Asian name by Pierre Edmond Boissier. Acantholimon bracteatum belongs to the genus Acantholimon, and the family Plumbaginaceae. None of these subspecies are listed. 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 in South America, but also cultivated elsewhere in rock gardens. 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.