Diapensia lapponica L.

Plants forming rounded tussocks, 3-8 cm; branches procumbent or decumbent to erect, not adventitiously rooted, proximal portions of stems densely covered by persistent leaf remnants. Leaves 7-15 mm; blade oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, 1.3-2.3 mm wide, margins narrowly revolute, with narrow hyaline flange proximally. Pedicels 5-20 mm, elongating to 40-50 mm. Flowers: sepals 6-7 mm; corolla 7-10 mm, lobes usually white, sometimes cream, light pink, or rose. Capsules 3-4(-6) mm diam. 2n = 12.