| Family | FRANCOACEAE |
| Genus species | Balbisia microphylla (Phil.) Reiche |
| Bibliography | Fl. Chile 1: 294 (1896) |
| Native Range | n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-3500m |
| Description | very ramose, leaves minute, ca. 1mm long, tripartite, all in axils with short bud, flowers solitary, terminal, sepals 8, petals to 11mm long |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late 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, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ledocarpon microphyllum Phil. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |