| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Shivparvatia melandryoides (Edgew.) Satish Chandra & D.S.Rawat |
| Bibliography | Webbia 72: 178 (2017) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. & s. Tibet and e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3700-5000m |
| Description | leaves sessile, ovate to orbiculate, 8-15mm, coriaceous, obtuse, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicellate, sepals ciliate, acute, petals narrowly obovate, 8-15mm, entire |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| 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 | Arenaria cerastiiformis F.N.Williams Arenaria melandryoides Edgew. Odontostemma melandryoides (Edgew.) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |