| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Minuartia setacea (Thuill.) Hayek |
| Bibliography | Fl. Steiermark 1: 271 (1908) |
| Native Range | Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glaucous, woody-based, leaves subulate-aristate, 3-nerved, obtuse or mucronate, fasciculate, flowers in cymes, sepals ovate, acute, petals obovate-oblong |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alsine laricifolia L. ex Nyman Alsine setacea (Thuill.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Alsine setacea var. parviflora Velen. Alsine setacea var. pienina Zapal. Arenaria aristata Raf. Arenaria erythrosepala Boiss. Arenaria heteromalla Pers. Arenaria ramosissima M.Bieb. ex Steud. Arenaria saxatilis Steud. Arenaria setacea Thuill. Arenaria tenuifolia var. heteromalla (Pers.) Steud. Arenaria teres Kit. ex Steud. Arenaria verna Georgi Minuartia aucta Klokov Minuartia leiosperma Klokov Minuartia pienina (Zapal.) Klokov Minuartia setacea var. aucta (Klokov) Tzvelev Minuartia setacea var. glandulosa Nyár. Minuartia setacea f. puberula Kleopow Minuartia setacea var. puberula (Kleopow) Tzvelev Minuartia setacea ssp. subsetacea Panov Minuartia setacea var. thyriaca Zapal. Minuartia thyraica (Zapal.) Klokov Sabulina marginata Schur Sabulina setacea (Thuill.) Rchb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, KRY Krym, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) |
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