| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium gnaphalodes Fenzl |
| Bibliography | Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr.: 11 (1842) |
| Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 2000-4400m |
| Description | floccose-villose, leaves oblong-elliptic, acute, inflorescence few flowered, sepals oblong-lanceolate, 5-9mm long, petals 10-13mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |