Collinsonia japonica (Japanese: シモバシラ or 霜柱, shimobashira), also known as Keiskea japonica, is a white-flowered perennial plant of the Lamiaceae family...

(another German term referring to the stem-like structures), "shimobashira" (霜柱, a Japanese term meaning frost pillars), or "pipkrake" (from Swedish pipa...