Caryophyllaceae
Acanthophyllum pungens
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Acanthophyllum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 刺石竹, 刺叶, 刺竹
- szy
- Tungawen
Synonyms
- Acanthophyllum brevicalycale Y.D.Soskov
- Acanthophyllum ruptile Vved.
- Saponaria pungens Bunge
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Igor Karyakin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Igor Karyakin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.