| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Spergularia stenocarpa (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. |
| Bibliography | Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 41 (1929) |
| Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-500m |
| Description | taproot, stems ramose, sparsely hirsute, leaves narrowly linear, glabrous, mucronate, to 16mm long, bracts triangular, acerose, flowers numerous in lax cyme |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arenaria stenocarpa Phil. Spergularia borchersii Phil. Spergularia larranagae Phil. Tissa borchersii (Phil.) Reiche Tissa larranagae (Phil.) Reiche Tissa stenocarpa (Phil.) Reiche |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |