| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Thylacospermum caespitosum (Cambess.) Schischk. |
| Bibliography | Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesoyuzn. Akad. Nauk 9: 90 (1932) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to c. & w. China and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3600-6000m |
| Description | leaves imbricate, ovate, 2-4mm, rigid, shiny, vaginate, ciliate, mucronate, flowers 4mm, sepals green, lanceolate, petals ovate-oblong, entire, capsule shiny yellow |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | pale yellow, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arenaria caespitosa (Cambess.) Kozhevn. Arenaria rupicola Hook.f. Flourensia caespitosa Cambess. Periandra caespitosa Cambess. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |