| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Mesostemma latifolium (Benth. ex G.Don) Ikonn, |
| Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 114 (1976) |
| Native Range | c. & w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1800-2400m |
| Description | stem flexuous, glabrous, shiny, lower leaves suborbiculate, shortly petiolate, mucronate, the upper smaller, sessile, flowers pedicellate, terminal and axillary, corolla 15mm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Leucostemma latifolium Benth. ex G.Don Stellaria himalayensis Majumdar Stellaria latifolia (Benth. ex G.Don) Edgew. & Hook.f. |
| Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |