| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Stellaria cryptantha (Mattf.) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp |
| Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 44: 871 (2019) |
| Native Range | Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves spiral-imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaule, acute, minutely mucronate, coriaceous, ciliate, 5-6mm, flowers sessile, 4-merous, sepals oblong, petals 2mm, bifid |
| 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 | Plettkea cryptantha Mattf. Pycnophyllopsis cryptantha (Mattf.) Molinari |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |