Biology:Acantholimon ulicinum

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Short description: Species of broadleaf evergreen plant

Acantholimon ulicinum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Acantholimon
Species:
A. ulicinum
Binomial name
Acantholimon ulicinum
(Willd. ex Schult.) Boiss.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Armeriastrum ulicinum (Willd. ex Schult.) Kuntze
  • Statice ulicina Willd. ex Schult.

Acantholimon ulicinum (ulicinum: yoo-lih-SEE-num), also known as the prickly thief, is a species of broadleaf evergreen plants in the family Plumbaginaceae.[2] Acantholimon ulicinum is around 10 cm (4 in) tall and has a spread of 30 cm (1 ft). The species is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean region (Greece, the Balkans and Turkey) where it grows in dry soil. From June to July is when Acantholimon ulicinum blooms, with pale pink flowers. It has crowded, rigid, hard-textured, spiny-tipped, linear and needle-like leaves, and five-petaled pink flowers in short-stalked inflorescences.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q12229661 entry