| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus monticola Petrie |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 44: 179 (1912) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves dense, patent, shortly, distinctly vaginate, linear-subulate, 5mm long, shortly apiculate, floral pedicels short, sepals 4, ca. 3mm long, linear-subulate |
| Size | 2-4cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |