| Family | DIAPENSIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 152 (1803) |
| Native Range | New York to South Carolina |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 10-200m |
| Description | branchlets glabrous or sparsely hirsute, leaves narrowly oblanceolate to lanceolate, 3-7mm, entire, acute, hirsute, flowers solitary, sessile, rotate, lobes 3-5mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Diapensia americana Banks ex Sims Diapensia barbulata (Michx.) Elliott Diapensia cuneifolia Pursh |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, VRG Virginia) |