| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Scleranthus peruvianus Muschl. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 160 (1911) |
| Native Range | Peru |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 4000-4500m |
| Description | stems glabrous, leaves at base dilated, linear to lanceolate, flatly convex, densely ciliate, glabrous, 6-7mm, subsessile in lax cymes, petals 5, subulate |
| Size | 6-10cm |
| Color | white |
| 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 |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |