Minuartia kashmirica (Edgew.) Mattf. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57 (Beibl. 126): 32. 1921; Nair, Fl. Bashahr Himal. 37. 1977. Arenaria kashmirica Edgew. in Fl. Brit. India. 1: 236. 1874. A. foliosa Edgew. & Hook. f., l. c. 236.

Herbs, perennial, erect or loosely tufted, glabrous to glandular-pubescent, with shorter vegetative shoots and up to 25 cm high erect flowering shoots; internodes longer in flowering shoots. Leaves linear, entire, acuminate at apex, 12 - 15 x 0.75 - 1 mm, glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent, flexuous, 1 - 3-nerved. Cymes axillary or terminal, umbellate or subumbellate; peduncles long, glabrous or glandular-pilose. Flowers 6 - 8 mm across; pedicels up to 2.2 cm long, with a pair of ovate acute 1.5 - 2 mm long bracteoles. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, 4 - 5 x 1.25 - 1.5 mm, narrowly scarious-margined, glabrous or dorsally glandular-pubescent, strongly 3-nerved. Petals 5, oblanceolate, entire, 8 - 9 x 3.5 - 4.5 mm, membranous. Stamens 10. Ovary ovoid, ca 1 mm long; styles 3. Capsules 3-valved, 5 - 6 mm long; seeds reniform or cuneoid, 0.75 - 1 x 0.75 mm, honey-combed and tuberculate.

Fl. & Fr. May - Sept.

Distrib. India: Temperate and alpine Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Pakistan, Nepal, China (Tibet) and Afghanistan.