Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Dianthus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Deptford Pink
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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.
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_armeria_deptford_14
June
Petals rose-pink copiously dotted with white, a few teeth on petal margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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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 (11/30/12):
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
455
Forb
Biennial
Non-native: Europe
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p258
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p365
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p055
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p077
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p039