| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium behmianum Muschl. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45(4): 446 (1911) |
| Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 4200-4400m |
| Description | stems glabrescent, leaves pubescent, ciliate, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 1-2cm, flowers few, solitary, pedicellate, sepals oblong |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |