| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus chinensis L. |
| Synonyms | Dianthus amurensis Jacques |
| Dianthus fischeri Spreng. | |
| Dianthus morii Nakai | |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-5cm, acuminate, flowers 1-5, pedicellate, calyx cylindrical, sepals lanceolate, ciliate, sharply acute, petals 16-18mm long, irregurarly dentate |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | lax carpet |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (Krym , Central European Russia , East European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Primorye ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Qinghai , China Southeast , Xinjiang ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Korea ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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