| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia chionaea Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 9 (1843) |
| Native Range | w. Balkan Peninsula, East Aegean Islands to w. & s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | stems numerous, leaves ovate, spathulate or obovate-lanceolate, imbricate, hirsute, flowers crowded in terminal head, bracts large, shiny silvery, obovate |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 | Paronychia kapela ssp. chionaea (Boiss.) Borhidi Paronychia serpyllifolia var. bithynica Griseb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |