| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. |
| Bibliography | Reliq. Haenk. [C.B.Presl] 2: 13 (1831) |
| Native Range | Mexico, South America, Subantarctic Islands, Antarctic Continent |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-3800m |
| Description | leaves dense, opposite, carnose, glabrous, narrowly linear, acute, mucronate, vaginate, flowers solitary, calyx lobes lanceolate, patent, petals absent |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | greenish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Colobanthus alatus Pax Colobanthus aretioides Gillies ex Hook. Colobanthus billardieri Fenzl Colobanthus cherlerioides Hook.f. Colobanthus crassifolius (d‘Urv.) Hook.f. Colobanthus crassifolius var. aretioides (Gillies) Macloskie Colobanthus maclovianus Gand. Colobanthus meingenii Phil. ex F.Meigen Colobanthus saginoides Bartl. Sagina crassifolia d‘Urv. Sagina graminifolia Wedd. Sagina haenkeana Gay Sagina magellanica Willd. ex Phil.f. Sagina quitensis Kunth |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXG Mexico Gulf) 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is., SGE South Georgia) 91 Antarctic Continent (ANT Antarctica) |