| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus zonatus Fenzl |
| Bibliography | Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr.: 11 (1842) |
| Native Range | East Aegean Islands to w. Syria |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 700-2000m |
| Description | leaves linear, 3-8cm long, with thickened margins, inflorescence loosely ramose, flowers 1-2cm across inside with dark ringlet, petals denticulate, abaxially yellowish |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | dark pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |