| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium elbrusense Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 729 (1867) |
| Native Range | s. Transcaucasus to w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | minutely glandular pubescent, leaves small, oblong or linear-spathulate, flowers 1-3, sepals oblong, scarious, petals obovate-oblong, retuse |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium pseudokasbek Vysok. Cerastium purpurascens var. elbrusense (Boiss.) Möschl. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |