| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Cerastium gibraltaricum Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Elench. Pl. Nov.: 24 (1838) |
| Native Range | Gibraltar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves 1-2cm, lanceolate, rigid, narrowly acute to subsetose, white or grey tomentose, flowers 1-7 in lax cyme, sepals lanceolate, densely glandular, petals to 15mm long |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cerastium boissieri var. abbreviatum Pérez Lara Cerastium boissieri var. gibraltaricum (Boiss.) Gren. Cerastium boissieri ssp. gibraltaricum (Boiss.) Sennen Cerastium boissieri var. lanuginosum Gren. Cerastium boissieri var. strictiforme Pau Cerastium boissieri var. viridulum Pau Cerastium gibraltaricum var. calpense Font Quer Cerastium gibraltaricum var. lanatum Font Quer Cerastium gibraltaricum var. lanuginosum (Gren.) F.N.Williams Cerastium gibraltaricum var. viride F.N.Williams Cerastium gibraltaricum var. viridulum (Pau) Font Quer |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |