| Family | MONTIACEAE |
| Genus species | Montiopsis andicola (Gillies) D.I.Ford |
| Bibliography | Phytologia 74: 277 (1993) |
| Native Range | s. & w. Argentina to c. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 900-4000m |
| Description | leaves narrowly spathulate, glaucous, 1-2cm, tapered to long pseudopetiole, flowers 1-2, pedicellate, pendent, ca. 25mm across, petals imbricate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | dark pink |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Calandrinia andicola Gillies Calandrinia andicola var. denticulata (Gillies) Hicken Calandrinia denticulata Gillies Calandrinia denticulata var. andicola (Gillies) Reiche Calandrinia denticulata var. echinata Reiche Calandrinia gayana var. lanceolata Hauman Calandrinia oligantha Phil. Calandrinia saxifraga Barnéoud Calandrinia saxifraga var. oligantha (Phil.) Reiche Calandrinia tricolor Phil. Claytonia andicola (Gillies) Kuntze Claytonia denticulata (Gillies) Kuntze Claytonia saxifraga (Barnéoud) Kuntze Claytonia tricolor (Phil.) Kuntze Montopsis tricolor (Phil.) J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |