Biology:Dianthus albens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Dianthus |
| Species: | D. albens
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| Dianthus albens Aiton
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Dianthus albens (Wild pink) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.[1]
It is indigenous to the south western Cape of South Africa , where it occurs on sandy, rocky substrates, especially coastal, from the Cederberg in the Western Cape, southwards to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards into the Eastern Cape province.[2][3][4]
Description
Dianthus albens is a spreading or tufted herbaceous perennial, with semi-erect to upright stems reaching 35–40 cm, and with linear, opposite leaves.
The inflorescence is slender, leafless, and bears one-to-many white to purple flowers, in Spring, Summer and Autumn (Sept-Apr.). The petals have entire or crenate tips (rarely shallowly dentate/toothed).[5]
The calyx is 12–18 mm in length, usually with 2 bract-pairs (sometimes with 1 or 3 bract pairs). The bracts have papery margins and reach max. 2/5 up the length of the calyx.[6]
When ripe, the seed capsule extends out beyond the calyx, by about 5 mm.[7]
References
- ↑ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=3958-1.
- ↑ Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town. p.460
- ↑ Dianthus albens - Plantzafrica
- ↑ Dianthus albens - Hermanus Botanical Society
- ↑ Burtt Davy, J. 1922. XXXIII. A Revision of the South African Species of Dianthus. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information 7. pp. 209-223. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Curtis-Scott, O. (2020) Field Guide to Renosterveld of the Overberg. Penguin Random House, Cape Town. p.252
- ↑ Hooper, S.S. 1959. The genus Dianthus in central and South Africa. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37:1-59. Bentham-Moxon Trust, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Wikidata ☰ Q15565056 entry
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