| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Mesostemma dichotomum (L.) Arabi, Rabeler & Zarre |
| Bibliography | Taxon 71: 624 (2022) |
| Native Range | Siberia to w. & n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 200-3100m |
| Description | cylindrical taproot, stems ramose, glandular-pubescent, leaves numerous, sessile, subglabrous, ovate, cordate, or linear, flowers terminal, solitary, petals very incised |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium dichotomum (L.) Crantz Stellaria alsinifolia Less. ex Ledeb. Stellaria dichotoma L. Stellaria dichotoma var. cordifolia Bunge Stellaria dichotoma f. glabra Peschkova Stellaria filipes Kom. Stellaria pallasiana Ser. Stellaria schlechtendaliana Ser. Stellaria tschachanensis Less. ex Fenzl Stellaria villosa Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |