| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Arenaria merckioides Maxim. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 32: 482 (1888) |
| Native Range | s. Kuril Is. to n. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | flowers oblong to elliptic or ovate, 1-2cm long, acute, pubescent, glabrescent, rather carnose, sessile, flowers 3, pedicellate, sepals lanceolate, obtuse, petals narrow |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| 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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Arenaria chokaiensis Yatabe |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is.) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |