| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Tasman. 1: 45 (1855) |
| Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Macquarie Is. |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | glabrous, woody-based, lower leaves imbricate, connate, opposite, rigid, linear-subulate, flowers solitary, apetalous, calyx lobes ovate, acuminate, uninerved |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | greenish |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Spergula affinis Hook Stellaria uniflora Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (MAQ Macquarie Is.) |