| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium tianschanicum Schischk. |
| Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 136 (1936) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to ne. Afghanistan and Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | densely pubescent, leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 3-5cm long, subamplexicaule, flowers in lax cyme, sepals lanceolate, glandular pubescent, petals oblong-obovate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 |
| Synonyms | Cerastium vulgatum var. tianschanicum (Schischk.) Kozhevn. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |