| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia setigera (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) F.Herm. |
| Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 272 (1937) |
| Native Range | Bolivia to s. South America |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-3000m |
| Description | leaves green, linear-oblong, sharply acute, glabrous, 5mm, bracts acute, sepals outside hirsute |
| Size | 1-2cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Herniaria setigera Gillies ex Hook. Paronychia andina Phil Paronychia australis Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Paronychia chilensis var. andina Reiche Paronychia subandina Gand. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 84 Brazil (BZS Brazil South) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, URU Uruguay) |