Diapensia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Diapensia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Diapensia (ancient name of obscure application). Diapensiaceae. Two alpine- arctic species, one nearly circumpolar and one Himalayan, the former at least sometimes transferred to alpine gardens and rockeries. Diapensias are very small compact tufted evergreen more or less woody perennials, with small entire coriaceous crowded lvs.: corolla 5-lobed, bell-shaped; calyx inclosing the caps.; stamens 5, affixed in the corolla, the filaments broad; ovary 3-celled; fls. solitary on peduncles that project above the dense lf.-rosettes (or the peduncle projected, at least in fr.), white or rose- purple. D. lapponica, Linn., on mountain summits in New England and N. Y., and distributed northward to the arctic, forms dense cushion-like tufts, 1 or 2 in. high, with white fls. on peduncles that become 1 or 2 in. long; a very interesting alpine, but seldom grown. B.M. 1108. D. himalaica, Hook. f. & Thom Densely tufted: lvs. somewhat acute, very short: fls. white or rose-red, subsessile, the corolla-tube twice the length of the calyx. Sikkim, 10,000-14,000 ft. L. H. B. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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