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Acantholimon ahangarense is a small, cushion-forming subshrub from the mountains of Ghorat in Afghanistan, related to prickly thrift. It grows best in a sunny, very well-drained spot with little water and is mainly of interest to specialist and alpine gardeners.
Acantholimon ahangarense is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. The native range of this species is Afghanistan (Ghorat) and was described by Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika.
Acantholimon acanthobryum · Acantholimon acerosum · Acantholimon acmostegium · Acantholimon aegaeum · Acantholimon afanassievii · Acantholimon agropyroideum · Acantholimon akaydinii · Acantholimon alaicum · Acantholimon alatavicum · Acantholimon alavae · Acantholimon albanicum · Acantholimon alberti
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acantholimon ahangarense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
