| Family | DIAPENSIACEAE |
| Genus species | Diapensia lapponica L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 141 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to nw. Scotland and ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | leaves 7-15mm, oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly spathulate, margins narrowly revolute, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals connate, corolla campanulate, 7-10mm, lobes entire |
| Size | 3-8cm |
| Color | white, pale rose, pink |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Diapensia japonica J.F.Gmel. Diapensia lapponica var. genuina E.A.Busch Diapensia obtusifolia Salisb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont) |