| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Pycnophyllum spathulatum Mattf. |
| Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 175 (1922) |
| Native Range | Bolivia to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 4000-5000m |
| Description | leaves opposite, densely spirally imbricate, vaginate, suborbiculate, mucronate, 2mm, flowers solitary, dioecious, broadly obovate, 1-2mm, rounded |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |