| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Margyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) Kuntze |
| Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 77 (1898) |
| Native Range | Colombia to s. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-3600m |
| Description | branchlets bright yellow, glabrous, leaves pinnatipartite, segments subulate, dark green, flowers insignificant, fruits pearly, globular |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | greenish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Ancistrum barbatum Lam. Empetrum pinnatum Lam. Margyricarpus imberbis C.Presl Margyricarpus laevis Willd. Margyricarpus patagonicus Speg. Margyricarpus pinnatus var. hirsutus Kuntze Margyricarpus setosus Ruiz. & Pav. Margyricarpus setosus var. patagonicus (Speg.) Speg. Margyricarpus setosus var. paucifoliolatus Bitter |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 84 Brazil (BZS Brazil South) |