| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Shivparvatia forrestii (Diels) Rabeler |
| Bibliography | Phytotaxa 303(3): 294 (2017) |
| Native Range | c. China to se. Qinghai and Nepal |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2900-5300m |
| Description | leaves orbicular-lanceolate, 5-12mm, coriaceous, acute, flowers solitary, terminal, pedicellate, sepals yellow, acute, petals obovate-elliptic, 7-15mm, obtuse or truncate |
| Size | 1-15cm |
| Color | pink, 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 forrestii Diels Arenaria forrestii f. cernua (F.N.Williams) C.Y.Wu Arenaria forrestii f. micrantha (F.N.Williams) C.Y.Wu Arenaria forrestii f. roseotincta (W.W.Sm.) C.Y.Wu Arenaria glanduligera var. cernua F.N.Williams Arenaria glanduligera var. micrantha F.N.Williams Arenaria roseotincta W.W.Sm. Solitaria forrestii (Diels) Gang Yao |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |