About Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst.
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, commonly known as the Pamirian winterfat, is a plant species native to Central and Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. Confirmed reported locations for this species include Russia, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Romania. This species is a shrub that grows up to 100 cm tall. Its entire visible surface appears whitish due to a thick covering of finely branched hairs. The leaves of Krascheninnikovia ceratoides vary widely in shape and can reach up to 25 mm in length. The flowers are very small, covered in long silky hairs, and grow in clusters in leaf axils as well as in a raceme at the tip of the stem. This species is monoecious, meaning it produces separate staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) flowers on the same individual plant. The fruit is egg-shaped, around 3 mm long, and has four angles and two horns.
