| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Moehringia muscosa L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 359 (1753) |
| Native Range | Mountains of c. & s. Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 400-2300m |
| Description | stems very thin, leaves sessile, narrowly linear to filiform, to 25mm llong, grassy green, glabrous, flowers tetramerous, petals as long as sepals |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alsine muscosa (L.) Prantl Arenaria muscosa (L.) Bonnier & Layens Moehringia flaccida Schloss. & Vuk. Moehringia muscosa var. catalaunica Sennen Moehringia muscosa var. filifolia Beck Moehringia muscosa f. longipetala Sigunov Moehringia muscosa var. pentandra Amo Moehringia muscosa var. sperguloides P.Fourn. Stellaria muscosa (L.) Jessen |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |