| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene rhizophora (Muschl.) Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 38 (1967) |
| Native Range | Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 4000-4500m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, ovate-lanceolate, gradually tapered to petiole, acute, abaxially glabrous, adaxially strigose, ciliate, 2-3cm, floral stems pubescent, flowers solitary |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellowish purple |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Melandrium rhizophorum Muschl. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |