| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium tucumanense Pax |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 25 (1893) |
| Native Range | Peru to nw. Argentina |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1000-4500m |
| Description | stems lanate, leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous, densely ciliate, flowers in many flowered umbel, calyx large, campanulate, green, petals obovate-spathulate, bilobate |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, 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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest) |