Biology:Dianthus petraeus

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Dianthus

Dianthus petraeus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Dianthus
Species:
D. petraeus
Binomial name
Dianthus petraeus
Waldst. & Kit.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Dianthus petraeus, the rock pink or fragrant snowflake garden pink, is a species of Dianthus native to Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria.[2] It is often found growing on calcareous rocky slopes, or in dry highland forest edges.[3] It is occasionally grown in rock gardens.[4][5]

Subspecies

D. p. subsp. orbelicus

Only one subspecies is presently considered valid:[2]

  • Dianthus petraeus subsp. orbelicus (Velen.) Greuter & Burdet

References

  1. Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 3: 246 (1807)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dianthus petraeus Waldst. & Kit.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:153706-1. 
  3. Mačukanović-Jocić, Marina; Jarić, Snežana; Mladenović, Mića (2015). "Palynomorphological study of Dianthus petraeus Waldst. et Kit. (Caryophyllaceae)". Archives of Biological Sciences 67 (3): 973–980. doi:10.2298/ABS150116060M. 
  4. "Dianthus petraeus". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/30460/i-Dianthus-petraeus-i/Details. Retrieved 22 August 2020. 
  5. Robinson, William (1878). Hardy Flowers:Thirteen Hundred of the Most Ornamental Species. London: Macmillan and Co.. p. 108. ISBN 9781429014434. 

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