| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium tucumanense Pax |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1000-4500m |
| Description | stems lanate, leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous, densely ciliate, flowers in many flowered umbel, calyx large, campanulate, green, petals obovate-spathulate, bilobate |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| 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 |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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