Acantholimon ulicinum

{{Short description|Species of broadleaf evergreen plant}}

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| genus = Acantholimon

| species = ulicinum

| authority = (Willd. ex Schult.) Boiss.

| synonyms = *Armeriastrum ulicinum (Willd. ex Schult.) Kuntze

• Statice ulicina Willd. ex Schult.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=((Acantholimon ulicinum (Willd. ex Schult.) Boiss.)) |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686177-1 |access-date=2021-12-15 }}

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Acantholimon ulicinum (ulicinum: yoo-lih-SEE-num), also known as the prickly thief, is a species of broadleaf evergreen plants in the family Plumbaginaceae.{{Cite web|title=PlantFiles: Acantholimon Species, Prickly Thrift|url=https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/124370/|access-date=2021-12-15|website=Dave's Garden|language=en}} Acantholimon ulicinum is around {{cvt|10|cm|in|0}} tall and has a spread of {{cvt|30|cm|ft|0}}. The species is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean region (Greece, the Balkans and Turkey) where it grows in dry soil. From June to July is when Acantholimon ulicinum blooms, with pale pink flowers. It has crowded, rigid, hard-textured, spiny-tipped, linear and needle-like leaves, and five-petaled pink flowers in short-stalked inflorescences.{{Cite web|title=Acantholimon ulicinum - Plant Finder|url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=302493|access-date=2021-12-15|website=www.missouribotanicalgarden.org}}