Pinus parviflora

{{Short description|Species of conifer}}

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| image = Pinus-parviflora-close.JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{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}}

| display_parents = 3

| genus = Pinus

| parent = Pinus subsect. Strobus

| species = parviflora

| authority = Siebold & Zucc.

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Pinus parviflora, also known as five-needle pine,{{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}} or Japanese white pine, is a pine in the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, native to Japan.

It is a 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 leaves are needle-like, in bundles of five, with a length of 5–6 cm. The cones are 4–7 cm long, with broad, rounded scales; the seeds are 8–11 mm long, with a vestigial 2–10 mm wing.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

The Latin specific epithet parviflora means "with small flowers".{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

This is a popular tree for bonsai, and is also grown as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. The cultivars 'Adcock's Dwarf' and 'Bonnie Bergman'{{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}} have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{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}}{{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}}