''Goniolimon speciosum'', the dwarf statice (a name shared with other species) or plantain-leaved thrift, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family

Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family. Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow as ...

. It is native to the Eurasian steppes; southern and eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, all of Siberia, Mongolia,

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, and

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

. It is regularly consumed by

Przewalski's horse Przewalski's horse (, , (Пржевальский ), ) (''Equus ferus przewalskii'' or ''Equus przewalskii''), also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Ce ...

s (''Equus przewalskii''). Goniolimon speciosum 81107800

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Plumbaginaceae Flora of East European Russia Flora of South European Russia Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of Siberia Flora of Mongolia Flora of Inner Mongolia Flora of Xinjiang Plants described in 1848 {{Caryophyllales-stub