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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Plumbaginaceae
| name = ''Acantholimon''
|genus=Acantholimon
| image = Acantholimon glumaceum.jpg
|common_name=Prickly thrift
| image_width = 240px
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|habit=shrub
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|lifespan=perennial
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| familia = [[Plumbaginaceae]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| genus = '''''Acantholimon'''''
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| genus_authority = Boiss.
|image=Acantholimon glumaceum.jpg
| subdivision_ranks = Species
|image_width=200
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'''''Acantholimon''''' ('''Prickly thrift''') is a [[genus]] of small [[flowering plants]] within the plumbago or leadwort family, [[Plumbaginaceae]]. They are distributed from southeastern [[Europe]] to central [[Asia]] and also in [[South America]], but also cultivated elsewhere in [[rock garden]]s.
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Acantholimon (akanthos, spine, and limon, sea lavender). Syn., Armeriastrum. Plumbaginaceae. Prickly Thrift. Hardy evergreen perennials, sometimes a little woody.
Leaves stiff, linear, round or slightly 3-angled, the angles channeled, the apex nearly always sharp- pointed: scape and peduncle nearly always simple, sometimes a little branched: fls. usually between and half hidden by the numerous bracts of the tightly compressed heads, spikes or racemes; corolla rose or white, the petals at the base united to form a ring around the stamens; calyx tubular, the tube 10-ribbed. Boissier describes 74 species in the Flora Orientalis. See A. Bunge, Die Gattung Acantholimon, St. Petersburg, 1872.
===Species===
The acantholimons are dwarf, tufted herbs, with sharp-pointed, rigid leaves; less common than Statice and Armeria, from both of which it is distinguished by its sharp-pointed leaves. An oriental genus of slow-growing and sun-loving plants for rockeries and sandy places. Most of them can be grown in the open border, A. glumaceum particularly, but they prefer warm, sunny situations in the rock-garden.
Species of ''Armeria'' include:
Propagation is best effected by cuttings taken in late summer and kept in a coldframe, protected from the frost, over winter. Layering is also a quicker method of propagation.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
Species of ''Armeria'' include{{wp}}:
Species of ''Acantholimon'' include:
*''Acantholimon albertii''
*''Acantholimon albertii''
*''Acantholimon avenaceum''
*''[[Acantholimon avenaceum]]''
*''Acantholimon glumaceum''
*''[[Acantholimon glumaceum]]''
*''[[Acantholimon göksunicum]]''
*''[[Acantholimon hohenackeri]]
*''[[Acantholimon köycegizicum]]''
*''Acantholimon venustum''
*''Acantholimon venustum''
[[Category:Plumbaginaceae]]
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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