| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Arenaria serpens Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 6. 32 (1823) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to s. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems ramose, glabrescent, leaves oblong-spathulate or linear-lanceolate, glabrous, ciliate, 4mm, flowers solitary, erect, pedicellate, petals ovate, obtuse |
| Size | 3-8cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 |
| Synonyms | Arenaria andicola Gillies Arenaria andicola var. caespitosa Hauman Arenaria andicola var. major Hook. & Arn. Arenaria caespitosa Phil. Arenaria microphylla Phil. Arenaria palustris Naudin Arenaria palustris var. patagonica (Phil.) Reiche Arenaria patagonica Phil. Arenaria serpens var. andicola (Gillies) Rohrb. Arenaria serpens var. caespitosa (Hauman) Hauman & Irigoyen Arenaria serpens var. microphylla (Phil.) Speg. Arenaria serpens var. palustris (Naudin) Speg. Arenaria serpens var. patagonica (Phil.) Speg. Arenaria serpens f. robusta Speg. Arenaria serpens var. serpylloides (Naudin) Speg. Arenaria serpylloides Naudin Arenaria serpylloides var. andicola (Gillies) Macloskie |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South) |