| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium pusillum Ser. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 1: 418 (1824) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to s. Siberia and China |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2800-5000m |
| Description | leaves spathulate to oblong, 5-15mm long, white pubescent, ciliate, obtuse, cymes terminal, pedicels 5-8mm, glandular pubescent, petals oblong, 8-10mm long, bilobate |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium alpinum var. glanduliferum Trautv. Cerastium vulgatum var. leiopetalum Fenzl |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |