| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia microphylla Phil. |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2000-3500m |
| Description | leaves elliptic, mucronate, hirsute, 5mm long, much shorter than internodes, stipules 5mm long, sepals outside densely hirsute, obtuse, shortly mucronate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Peru ) Southern South America (Chile North) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
microphylla arequipensis Chaudhri, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 285: 151 (1968)
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