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Acantholimon acerosum is a small evergreen cushion-forming subshrub from the dry mountains of Türkiye and northwest Iran, grown for its spiny foliage and pink flower spikes in June. It thrives in sharp drainage, gritty limey soil and full sun.
Acantholimon acerosum is a species of plant in the Plumbaginaceae family that is native from Turkey to Northwest Iran. The species are evergreen and sprout flowers June. Acantholimon acerosum grows in light well drained soil that is gritty and limey.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
