Acantholimon venustum is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.

[1] The native range of this species is from Turkey to Iran and West Syria, it is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome and was described by Boiss.

[2] The plant is a broadleaf evergreen perennial with blue foliage, In the spring, white flowers emerge.

The plant is also known as prickly thrift.

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