| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia microphylla Phil. |
| Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 1: 26 (1891) |
| Native Range | Peru to n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2000-3500m |
| Description | leaves elliptic, mucronate, hirsute, 5mm long, much shorter than internodes, stipules 5mm long, sepals outside densely hirsute, obtuse, shortly mucronate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | |
| 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 | Paronychia microphylla var. arequepensis Chaudhri |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |