{{short description|Species of plant}} {{speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |genus = Calligonum |species = junceum |authority = [[Litv.]] }}

'''Calligonum junceum''' is a small shrub [[native plant|native]] to [[Central Asia]] and [[China]], including the [[Kyzylkum Desert]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zhu |first1=Cheng-Lin |last2=Zhao |first2=Xiao-Ying |last3=Baskin |first3=Carol C. |last4=Cheng |first4=Peng |date=2022-11-17 |title=Effect of appendages on maintenance of viability and germination of diaspores of the shrubs Calligonum junceum, Atraphaxis pungens, and Reaumuria soongarica |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15324982.2022.2145249 |journal=Arid Land Research and Management |language=en |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/15324982.2022.2145249 |s2cid=253697198 |issn=1532-4982|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Freimund |first=Wayne A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oaZGAQAAIAAJ |title=Visitor Use Density and Wilderness Experience: Proceedings : Missoula, Montana, June 1-3, 2000 |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |pages=99 |language=en}}</ref> It has been introduced to the [[Sahara]]. It is long fruiting.

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[[Category:Calligonum|junceum]] [[Category:Flora of China]]

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