| Family | BRASSICACEAE |
| Genus species | Atacama nivea (Phil.) O.Toro, Mort & Al-Shehbaz |
| Bibliography | Pl. Syst. Evol. 301: 1388 (2014) |
| Native Range | n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-3500m |
| Description | densely white lanate, leaves crowded, oblong-linear, sessile, entire, flowers in raceme, corolla 15mm across, silicles linear, 2cm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white, yellowish |
| 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 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hesperis nivea (Phil.) Kuntze Mathewsia nivea (Phil.) O.E.Schulz Sisymbrium niveum Phil. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |