| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus elegans d‘Urv. |
| Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 302 (1822) |
| Native Range | East Aegean Islands, Syria to s. & sw. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 50-2000m |
| Description | leaves linear, long acuminate, 5-7-nerved, vaginate, margins flexuous, flowers 2-3 in fascicle, calyx lobes oblong, acute, petals incised dentate |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
| Synonyms | Dianthus actinopetalus Fenzl Dianthus cous Boiss. Dianthus elegans var. actinopetalus (Fenzl) Reeve Dianthus elegans var. cous (Boiss.) Reeve Dianthus wawrae Freyn ex Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |