Diapensiaceae

Pincushion plant

Diapensia lapponica L.

Family: Diapensiaceae
Genus: Diapensia

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Pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica) — FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (15)

arz: ديابينسيا لابونيكا
Chinese: 岩梅, 巖梅
Danish: Arktisk Fjeldpryd
English: Pincushion plant
Finnish: Uuvana, Lapinuuvana
Icelandic: Fjallabrúða
Japanese: イワウメ
Korean: 참돌매화나무
Norwegian Bokmål: Fjellpryd
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fjellpryd
Portuguese: Diapensia
Russian: Диапенсия лапландская, Diapensia L., Диапензия
Spanish: Diapensia
Swedish: Fjällgröna
Welsh: Diapensia

Synonyms

Diapensia japonica J.F.Gmel.
Diapensia lapponica var. genuina E.A.Busch
Diapensia obtusifolia Salisb.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marko Tähtinen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Chris LaRosee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mimin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: florence et roger marciau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Szymon Kaczmarek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.