Silene holosteifolia Bocquet et Chater, a newly recorded species of Caryophyllaceae from China, is reported; based on the collections housed at herbaria, a detailed description and line drawing are first provided herein. S. holosteifolia was previously found in Nepal and Bhutan, and now first discovered in Gyirong and Nyalam of Shigatse, Tibet, China. It is most similar to S. multifurcata C. L. Tang, but differs from the latter by its flower usually solitary, rarely 2-3 flowered cymes, ovatelanceolate bracts, campanulate or globose calyx with black longitudinal veins disjoint at apex, yellowish green petals, limbs repeatedly branched result in fringed, lobes linear, and styles 3. Voucher specimens are deposited in PE, KUN and US.