A. ulicinum (Willd. ex Schultes) Boiss. in DC, Prodr. 12:627 (1848). Syn: A. androsaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(7):73 (1846).
Rather densely pulvinate, usually "calcareous-punctate shrublet. Leaves linear-triquetrous, sometimes piano-triquetrous, 5-20 mm, glabrous or infre-quently pubescent. Scapes very short, sometimes ± absent, 1-2-spiked; spikes imbricate or densely distichous. Spikelets 3-7. Outer bract glabrous or pubes-cent; inner bracts oblong-lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate, cuspidate, green or purplish, with broad hyaline margins or hyaline except for vein. Calyx tube pilose, limb 5- or 10-lobed, white or purple; veins sometimes expanded to-wards margin, usually excurrent. Petals bright pink. Fl. 6-8. Stony slopes, on limestone and serpentine, exposed mountain tops, screes, 1200-3000 m.
 1. Leaves green or glaucous-green; scape usually 2-spiked; bracts purple; outer bract ovate-triangular (tapering from near base);inner bracts obtuse, shortly cuspidate  subsp. lycaonicum
 1. Leaves usually glaucous; scapes 1-spiked; bracts usually green; outer bract oblong-lanceolate (tapering from near middle); inner bracts acuminate, long-cuspidate  subsp. ulicinum
  2. Calyx pink or purple  var. purpurascens
  2. Calyx white
   3. Leaves 5-8 mm, densely caespitose; leaves and bracts densely pubescent  var. creticum
   3. Leaves 8-20 mm, laxly (moderately) caespitose; leaves and (usually) bracts glabrous  var. ulicinum
subsp. lycaonicum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Bokhari & Edmondson, comb. nov. Syn: A. lycaonicum Boiss. & Heldr. in DC, Prodr. 12:627 (1848); A. wiedemanii Bunge in Mem. Acad. Sci. Pétersb. ser. 7, 18(2):45 (1872); A. androsaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. subsp. lycaonicum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Bokhari in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 30:299 (1970). Map 65.
Type: [Turkey C4 Konya] inter Beyshehr (Beyşehir) et Koniah (Konya) Lycaoniae, Heldreich (holo. G)
N., S. & Inner Anatolia. A4 Çankiri: nr Tukht, 1500 m, Czeczott 195. A5 Amasya: Ak Da. nr Amasya, 16 vii 1908, Maniss.! A6 Sivas: Yildiz Da., 1845, Wiedemann (type of A. wiedemannii)! A7 Trabzon: Zigana Da., 2300-2400 m, T. Baytop (ISTE 14279)! A8 Gümüşane: 48 km N. of Bayburt, 1675 m, Apold et al. 164! B2 Kütahya: Kütahya to Arzani, Mitchell. B3 Afyon: Sultan Da. above Yasian, 1900 m, Bornm. 1899:5509. B5 Kayseri: Erciyas Da., above Hacilar, 2170 m, Çetik 4166. B7 Erzincan; Mercan Da., top of Akbaba, 3000 m, Demiriz 343! B9 Van: Artos Da., 3400 m, Tong! C4 Konya: S. Karance De. between Geyik Da. -and Bozkir, D. 14593! C5 Içel: mt. Koschan, S. side, 2590 m, Kotschy 1853:311!
Lebanon. Ir.-Tur. element? The literature records cited above should be treated with caution in view of possible confusion with subsp. ulicinum. The species is also recorded from Lebanon, where both glabrous and hairy varieties occur; the former appear to belong to subsp. lycaonicum, but the whole group needs further study in order to establish whether the hairy form is a variety of subsp. lycaonicum, or represents subsp. ulicinum var. creticum, or is perhaps an independent taxon.