| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene mandonii (Rohrb.) Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 31 (1967) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-5000m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, linear-lanceolate, at base connate, scabrous-ciliate, flowers sessile, petals bifid, calyx short, campanulate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Melandrium hieronymi Pax Melandrium mandonii Rohrb. Melandrium rimbachii Mattf. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |