| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Odontostemma melanotrichum (H.F.Comber) P.M.Sl. |
| Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
| Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 3600-4200m |
| Description | stems basally ramose, densely glandular-hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, ovate, 3-7mm, glabrous, obtuse, flowers solitary, terminal, calyx black glandular-hirsute |
| Size | 4-10cm |
| Color | white-violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arenaria ionandra var. melanotricha H.F.Comber, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 18: 229 (1934) Odontostemma ionandrum var. melanotrichum (H.F.Comber) Rabeler & W.L.Wagner |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |