| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium soratense Rohrb. |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 291 (1872) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | leaves linear or spathulate-lanceolate, obtuse, densely hirsute, 15-20mm, flowers in lax cyme, calyx green, petals ovate-oblong, bilobate, lobes obtuse |
| Size | 5-8cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |