| Family | DIAPENSIACEAE |
| Genus species | Diapensia purpurea Diels |
| Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 419 (1912) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 2600-4500m |
| Description | leaves alternate, crowded, spathulate-elliptic or oblong, 3-4mm long, obtuse, entire, flowers solitary, terminal, 8-10mm long, tubular, lobes orbiculate |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | pinkish red |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Diapensia bulleyana Forrest ex Diels Diapensia purpurea f. bulleyana (Forrest ex Diels) W.E.Evans Diapensia purpurea f. rosea W.E.Evans |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |