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Diapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai  
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FamilyDIAPENSIACEAE
Genus speciesDiapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai 
Habitattundra
Altitudearctic-subarctic
Descriptionrooting, leaves 3-8mm long, obovate to spathulate-elliptic, margins narrowly revolute, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals 4-7mm, connate, corolla campanulate, 7-10mm long
Size2-5cm
Colorwhite, rose
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub, carpet
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in late summer
Territory Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Yakutskiya )
     Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin )
     Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea )
Northern America
     Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon )
     Western Canada (British Columbia)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
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DIAPENSIACEAE

Diapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai, Trees Shrubs Japan Proper [Nakai & Koidzumi] ed. 1, 194 (1922)

Basionym:
Diapensia lapponica obovata F.Schmidt, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7. 12(2): 161 (1868)

Synonyms:
Diapensia lapponica rosea Hultén

Siberia, Russian Far East, e. Asia, Subarctic America, w. Canada
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arctic-subarctic

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