Arenaria littledalei Hemsley in Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1896: 209. 1896. Gooringia littledalei (Hemsley) F. Williams in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 530. 1897.

Herbs, annual, minute, 2 - 3.5 cm high, glabrous; branches slender. Leaves linear, subacute at apex, up to 8 mm long, glabrous. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered cymes, terminal or axillary; pedicels erect or suberect, 5 - 16 mm long, glabrous. Sepals 4, narrow, linear-lanceolate, 2 - 3.5 mm long, scarious-margined, glabrous. Petals 4, 1 - 1.5 mm long, white. Stamens 2 (-3). Capsules ca 2 mm long, 4-valved; seeds few, smooth ca 0.4 mm in diam.

Fl. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: Alpine regions, 4300 - 5000 m. Sikkim.

China (Tibet).