| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Pycnophyllum lechlerianum Rohrb. |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 36: 664 (1870) |
| Native Range | Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3500-4000m |
| Description | leaves coriaceous, broadly ovate-lanceolate, at apex attenuate, 6mm long, calyx broadly ovoid, 3mm, sepals scarious, lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, petals absent |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |