| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Stellaria brachypetala Bunge |
| Bibliography | Fl. Altaic. [C.F.von Ledebour] 2: 161 (1830) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to sw. Siberia and w. & n. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | alluvial gravel |
| Altitude | 1700-4300m |
| Description | leaves 1-2cm long, lanceolate, acuminate, at base ciliate, inflorescence ramose, terminal, few-flowered, bracts white scarious, sepals lanceolate, petals bipartite |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Stellaria alatavica Popov Stellaria brachypetala var. alatavica (Popov) Kozhevn. Stellaria brachypetala var. magna Kozhevn. Stellaria fontana Popov ex Schischk. Stellaria graminea var. brachypetala (Bunge) Regel Stellaria popovii Pusalkar |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |