| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene thysanodes Fenzl |
| Bibliography | Nov. Stirp. Dec. [S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl]: 39 (1839) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-4500m |
| Description | leaves lanceolate, ciliate, tomentose, glandular, floral stems glandular-pubescent, flowers solitary, calyx broadly campanulate, lobes ovate, obtuse, petals longer than calyx |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 | Lychnis thysanodes (Fenzl) Hook.f. Melandrium thysanodes (Fenzl) A.Gray |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |