Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Dianthus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dianthus armeria
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dianthus armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dianthus armeria
COMMON NAME:
Deptford Pink
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_diar_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_dianthus_armeria_3564
April Richland County SC
Elmwood Cemtery
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JK Marlow jkm180518_2372
May Greenville County SC
Flowers in congested cymes with long, erect awl-shaped bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8483
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8489
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s040520_a
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves numerous, very narrow, and ascending, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3752
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Petals rose-pink copiously dotted with white, a few teeth on petal margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk455_a
July
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdarmeria_brp1
July NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dianthus armeria
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dianthus armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dianthus armeria
455
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Mountains, common in Carolina Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p258
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p365
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p055
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p077
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p039
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