A. spirizianum Mobayen, Revis. Taxon. Acanthol. 304 (1964). Figures 15 & 16. Map 61.
Densely pulvinate shrublet. Leaves linear-triquetrous, 8-12 mm, pubescent or glabrous. Scapes slender, exceeding leaves, glabrous or puberulent in lower part. Spikes 1-2-branched, ± laxly imbricate. Spikelets 3-11, 8-11 mm. Bracts glabrous; outer bract triangular, 3-7 mm, 0.3-0.5 x inner bracts; inner bracts oblong-obovate, broadly rounded, mucronulate, hyaline except for vein. Calyx limb white, 5-lobed, sparsely pilose on veins; veins reaching margin. Petals deep pink. Fl. 6-8. Rocky limestone and serpentine slopes, mountain steppe, 1180-2700 m.
1. Leaves pubescent; spikelets 3-5  var. spirizianum
1. Leaves glabrous; spikelets 6-11  var. multiflorum
var. multiflorum Bokhari in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 32:70 (1972).
Type: Turkey B9 Van: 34 km from Gürpinar (Havasor) to Hoşap, dry stony hills, 2150 m, [3 vii 1966], P.H. Davis, D. 45970 (holo. E! iso. K!).
E. Anatolia. B7 Erzincan: Mutu to Tercan, 4 km E. of Hoşap, 1180 m, Hub.-Mor. 11546!
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. The species is endemic to Turkey.
Subsect. Androsacea Bunge. Inflorescence a simple or branched spike, spikelets usually densely congested terminally.