Acantholimon | |
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Acantholimon glumaceum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
Genus: | Acantholimon Boiss. (1846), nom. cons. |
Species[1] | |
321; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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,[1] and also cultivated elsewhere in rock gardens.