| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Arenaria dicranoides Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 6: 34 (1823) |
| Native Range | Venezuela to w. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 4000-5000m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves imbricate, 4-seriate, 3-4mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute, flowers sessile, terminal, sepals oblong, petals spathulate |
| Size | 2-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 | Lobelia bryoides Willd. ex Schult. Pycnophyllum dicranoides (Kunth) Muschl. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |