# Acantholimon

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***Acantholimon*** (**prickly thrift**) is a [genus](/source/Genus) of small [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) within the plumbago or leadwort family, [Plumbaginaceae](/source/Plumbaginaceae). They are distributed from southeastern [Europe](/source/Europe) to central [Asia](/source/Asia),[1] and also cultivated elsewhere in [rock gardens](/source/Rock_garden).

## Form

The evergreen [subshrubs](/source/Subshrub) 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](/source/Calyx_(flower)), usually with a flared membranous margin, and five spreading petals.[2]

## Species

Main article: [List of Acantholimon species](/source/List_of_Acantholimon_species)

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

- *[Acantholimon acanthobryum](/source/Acantholimon_acanthobryum)*
- *[Acantholimon acerosum](/source/Acantholimon_acerosum)*
- *[Acantholimon acmostegium](/source/Acantholimon_acmostegium)*
- *[Acantholimon afanassievii](/source/Acantholimon_afanassievii)*
- *[Acantholimon alberti](/source/Acantholimon_alberti)*
- *[Acantholimon anatolicum](/source/Acantholimon_anatolicum)*
- *[Acantholimon armenum](/source/Acantholimon_armenum)*
- *[Acantholimon artosense](/source/Acantholimon_artosense)*
- *[Acantholimon avenaceum](/source/Acantholimon_avenaceum)*
- *[Acantholimon bashkaleicum](/source/Acantholimon_bashkaleicum)*
- *[Acantholimon birandii](/source/Acantholimon_birandii)*
- *[Acantholimon calvertii](/source/Acantholimon_calvertii)*
- *[Acantholimon capitatum](/source/Acantholimon_capitatum)*
- *[Acantholimon collare](/source/Acantholimon_collare)*
- *[Acantholimon davisii](/source/Acantholimon_davisii)*
- *[Acantholimon doganii](/source/Acantholimon_doganii)*
- *[Acantholimon ekatherinae](/source/Acantholimon_ekatherinae)*
- *[Acantholimon gabrieljaniae](/source/Acantholimon_gabrieljaniae)*
- *[Acantholimon gillii](/source/Acantholimon_gillii)*
- *[Acantholimon glumaceum](/source/Acantholimon_glumaceum)*
- *[Acantholimon goeksunicum](/source/Acantholimon_goeksunicum)*
- *[Acantholimon hoshapicum](/source/Acantholimon_hoshapicum)*
- *[Acantholimon ibrahimii](/source/Acantholimon_ibrahimii)*
- *[Acantholimon karamanicum](/source/Acantholimon_karamanicum)*
- *[Acantholimon koeycegizicum](/source/Acantholimon_koeycegizicum)*
- *[Acantholimon kotschyi](/source/Acantholimon_kotschyi)*
- *[Acantholimon libanoticum](/source/Acantholimon_libanoticum)*
- *[Acantholimon riyatguelii](/source/Acantholimon_riyatguelii)*
- *[Acantholimon schemachense](/source/Acantholimon_schemachense)*
- *[Acantholimon tataricum](/source/Acantholimon_tataricum)*
- *[Acantholimon trojanum](/source/Acantholimon_trojanum)*
- *[Acantholimon turcicum](/source/Acantholimon_turcicum)*
- *[Acantholimon ulicinum](/source/Acantholimon_ulicinum)*
- *[Acantholimon vedicum](/source/Acantholimon_vedicum)*
- *[Acantholimon venustum](/source/Acantholimon_venustum)*
- *[Acantholimon yildizelicum](/source/Acantholimon_yildizelicum)*

## References

1. [*Acantholimon* Boiss.](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331313-2) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

1. ["Iris willmottiana"](http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Acantholimon). encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. 2001. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

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