Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, or the Pamirian winterfat, is a plant species native to Central Europe and Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.Flora of Pakistan V 204. It has been reported from Russia, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Romania.Flora of Romania, Endangered Species of TransylvaniaMeyer, Carl Anton (Andreevič) von. 1833. Flora Altaica 4: 239–240.Flora Silvestre del Mediterráneo, Krascheninnikovia ceratoidesCzech BotanyVirtual Guide to the Flora of MongoliaGobierno de Aragón, Catálogo de Especies Amaenazadas de Aragón, Krascheninnikovia ceratoidesWalter Wucherer, Liliya A. Dimeyeva. 2012. Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia). Springer Verlag.
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides is a shrub up to 100 cm tall, appearing whitish because of a thick layer of finely branched hairs. Leaves are highly variable in shape, up to 25 mm long.The flowers are tiny, covered with long silky hairs, borne in axillary clusters and a terminal raceme; staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) organs are in different flowers on the same plant. The fruit is egg-shaped, about 3 mm long, with 4 angles and 2 horns.Gueldenstaedt, Anton Johann von. 1772. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 16: 548, 555.
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External links GBIF Worldwide occurrence data: Krascheninnikovia ceratoides