Pinaceae
Rocky mountains bristlecone pine
Pinus aristata
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Pinus
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- صنوبر اريستاتا
- Bulgarian
- Осилест бор
- Chinese
- 落基山狐尾松, 刺果松
- Croatian
- Čekinjasti bor
- Czech
- Borovice osinatá
- English
- Rocky mountains bristlecone pine, Bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
- Estonian
- Ohteline mänd
- Finnish
- Vihnemänty
- French
- Pin aristé, Pin ariste
- German
- Grannen-Kiefer, Borstenkiefer, Grannenkiefer
- Hungarian
- Bozontos fenyő
- Icelandic
- Broddfura
- Italian
- Pino dai coni setolosi del Colorado
- Lithuanian
- Akuotuotoji pušis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Urfuru
- Polish
- Sosna oścista, Sosna kolczasta
- Russian
- Сосна остистая
- Serbian (Latin)
- Bristleconski bor
- Slovak
- Borovica ostitá
- Spanish
- Pino de Colorado, Rocky Mountains Bristlecone Pine
- Turkish
- Higori çamı
Synonyms
- Pinus balfouriana subsp. aristata (Engelm.) Engelm.
- Pinus balfouriana var. aristata (Engelm.) Engelm.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jimmy Thomas from Grand Junction, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mary Monahan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: motorcross4387, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jeffrey J. Witcosky, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: axekottrosario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bgautrea at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Wendy Wendy Bowman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: andrew.petro at Flickr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Wendy Wendy Bowman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: andrew.petro at Flickr, CC BY 2.0, 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.