Cupressaceae
Creeping juniper
Juniperus procumbens
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- جونيبيروس بروكومبين
- Chinese
- 鋪地柏, 铺地柏
- Czech
- Jalovec poléhavý
- English
- Creeping juniper
- German
- Kriechender Wacholder
- Hungarian
- Kúszó boróka
- Japanese
- ハイビャクシン, イワダレネズ, ソナレ
- lah
- ابوکی صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ibukieiner
- Persian
- ارس ژاپنی
- Russian
- Можжевельник лежачий
- Swedish
- Japansk krypen
Synonyms
- Juniperus chinensis f. alba (Standish ex Gordon) Rehder
- Juniperus chinensis f. japonica (Carrière) O.L.Lipa
- Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens Siebold ex Endl.
- Juniperus japonica Carrière
- Juniperus japonica var. alba Standish ex Gordon
- Juniperus japonica var. aurea-variegata Otto
- Sabina chinensis var. procumbens (Siebold ex Endl.) Antoine
- Sabina procumbens (Siebold ex Endl.) Iwata & Kusaka
Photos
Photo: SEWilco, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Incense juniperJuniperus thuriferaCupressaceae
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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). About our plant data.