| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cherleria sedoides L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 425 (1753) |
| Native Range | European Mountains |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 100-3850m |
| Description | leaves linear, acuminate, 4-6mm long, adaxially canaliculate, margins cartilagenous, flowers undistinct, petals shorter than sepals |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | greenish |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| 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 | Alsine canaliculata Dulac Alsine cherleria Peterm. Alsine cherleriana St.Lag. Alsine sedoides (L.) Kittel Arenaria cherleria (Peterm.) Ardoino Arenaria sedoides (L.) Druce Cherleria caespitosa Lam. Cherleria sediforme var. corollata St.-Lag. Minuartia sedoides (L.) Hiern Moehringia sedoides (L.) Clairv. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |