| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium thomsonii Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 1: 228 (1874) |
| Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. China and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2500-3500m |
| Description | stems densely glandular pubescent, leaves elliptic, 5-15mm, long pilose, subacute, cymes few flowered, flowers large, sepals oblong, subacute, petals broadly obovate, bilobate |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| 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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |