| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Herniaria caucasica Rupr. |
| Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(2): 241 (1869) |
| Native Range | Turkey to Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | leaves minute, obovate-elliptic, glabrous, shortly ciliate, flowers approximate, shortly pedicellate, calyx obconical, lobes oblong, ciliate |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Herniaria glabra var. scabriuscula Fenzl Herniaria zervudachii Hand.-Mazz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |