Acantholimon
Genus of flowering plants
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.
01Form
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.
02Species
321 species are currently accepted. Selected species of Acantholimon include:
- Acantholimon acanthobryum
- Acantholimon acerosum
- Acantholimon acmostegium
- Acantholimon afanassievii
- Acantholimon alberti
- Acantholimon anatolicum
- Acantholimon armenum
- Acantholimon artosense
- Acantholimon avenaceum
- Acantholimon bashkaleicum
- Acantholimon birandii
- Acantholimon calvertii
- Acantholimon capitatum
- Acantholimon collare
- Acantholimon davisii
- Acantholimon doganii
- Acantholimon ekatherinae
- Acantholimon gabrieljaniae
- Acantholimon gillii
- Acantholimon glumaceum
- Acantholimon goeksunicum
- Acantholimon hoshapicum
- Acantholimon ibrahimii
- Acantholimon karamanicum
- Acantholimon koeycegizicum
- Acantholimon kotschyi
- Acantholimon libanoticum
- Acantholimon riyatguelii
- Acantholimon schemachense
- Acantholimon tataricum
- Acantholimon trojanum
- Acantholimon turcicum
- Acantholimon ulicinum
- Acantholimon vedicum
- Acantholimon venustum
- Acantholimon yildizelicum
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- Acantholimon glumaceum.jpg by unknown, perhaps Louis van Houtte, Public domain
- Acantholimon sp. S.jpg by bdk, CC BY-SA 3.0
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