Editing Pinus parviflora

{{Short description|Species of conifer}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Pinus-parviflora-close.JPG
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=''Pinus parviflora'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T42388A2977007 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42388A2977007.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| display_parents = 3
| genus = Pinus
| parent = Pinus subsect. Strobus
| species = parviflora
| authority = [[Philipp Franz von Siebold|Siebold]] & [[Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini|Zucc.]]
}}

'''''Pinus parviflora''''', also known as '''five-needle pine''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIPA12|title=Pinus parviflora Siebold & Zucc.|website=PLANTS|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref> or '''Japanese white pine''',<ref name=":0" /> is a [[pine]] in the [[Pinus classification|white pine]] group, ''[[Pinus]]'' subgenus ''[[Strobus]]'', native to Japan.

It is a [[pinophyta|coniferous]] [[evergreen]] tree, growing to 15–25 m in height and is usually as broad as it is tall, forming a wide, dense, conical crown. The [[leaf|leaves]] are needle-like, in bundles of five, with a length of 5–6&nbsp;cm. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are 4–7&nbsp;cm long, with broad, rounded scales; the [[seed]]s are 8–11&nbsp;mm long, with a vestigial 2–10&nbsp;mm wing.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

The Latin [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] ''parviflora'' means "with small flowers".<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}</ref>

This is a popular tree for [[bonsai]], and is also grown as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens.  The [[cultivar]]s 'Adcock's Dwarf' and 'Bonnie Bergman'<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/67902/i-Pinus-parviflora-i-Bonnie-Bergman/Details
| title = RHS Plantfinder - ''Pinus parviflora'' 'Bonnie Bergman' | access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref> have gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Pinus parviflora'' 'Adcock's Dwarf'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/77345/Pinus-parviflora-Adcock-s-Dwarf/Details | access-date = 6 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 78 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 30 April 2018}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Kiefernzapfen P4202406.jpg|female [[Conifer cone|cones]]
Pinus parviflora PAN male cones.jpg|male cones
File:Japanese White Pine, unknown-2007.jpg|[[bonsai]] tree
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Least concern plants]]
[[Category:Ornamental trees]]
[[Category:Pinus|Parviflora]]
[[Category:Plants used in bonsai]]
[[Category:Trees of Japan]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Philipp Franz von Siebold]]


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