Arbusto de 2-2.5 m.
Hojas opuestas, venación acrodroma pronunciada. Peciolos muy largos. Capítulos homógamos. Flósculos blancos. Estilos largo blancos.
Aroma similar a la cúrcuma y el jengibre.

Referencia:
https://annals.mobot.org/index.php/annals/article/view/415

Endemics in areas soon to dissappear if Tia María mining project goes on. All the area is already "sold" for construction purpouses. These areas at the same time at very dangerous in tsunami cases. In the end it is really sad that the "companies" don´t care about plants, not even if endemics are there, no ecological restoration plans seen.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377530484_Molecular_phylogenetics_and_morphology_reveal_the_Plettkea_lineage_including_several_members_of_Arenaria_and_Pycnophyllopsis_to_be_a_clade_of_21_South_American_species_nested_within_Stellaria_Caryophy