Dianthus_petraeus

<i>Dianthus petraeus</i>

Dianthus petraeus

Species of plant in the genus Dianthus

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]

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Subspecies

D. p. subsp. orbelicus

Only one subspecies is presently considered valid:[2]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 3: 246 (1807)
  2. [2]
    "Dianthus petraeus Waldst. & Kit". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Dianthus petraeus". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. [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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