| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Diarthron altaicum (Thiéb.-Bern.) Kit Tan |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 219 (1982) |
| Native Range | Altay to ne. Kazakhstan and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | glabrous, leaves lanceolate, acute, shortly petiolate, 1-2cm long, flowers in terminal, capitate racemes, petals spreading, ovate, acute |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | pinkish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Passerina racemosa Wikstr. Stellera altaica Thieb.-Bern. Stelleropsis altaica (Thiéb.-Bern.) Pobed. Wikstroemia altaica (Thiéb.-Bern.) Domke |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |