| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Adenonema petraeum (Bunge) Bunge |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 548 (1835) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and n. China |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | glabrous, leaves lanceolate-linear, 4-10mm, hard, acute, flowers 1-3, in terminal cymose umbel, sepals lanceolate, acuminate, petals bifid, 3-4mm long |
| Size | 2-7cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Adenonema petraeum var. alpinum Bunge Alsine sedioides H.Karst. Arenaria davurica Spreng. Stellaria cherleriae var. alpina Schischk. Stellaria cherleriae var. intermedia (Turcz.) Kozhevn. Stellaria cherleriae var. petraea (Bunge) Schischk. Stellaria davurica Spreng. Stellaria exigua Stephan ex Steud. Stellaria petraea Bunge Stellaria petraea var. alpina Turcz. Stellaria petraea var. imbricata Fenzl Stellaria pumila Fenzl |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |