| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus shinanensis (Yatabe) Makino |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 58 (1903) |
| Native Range | Japan (c. Honshu) |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | leaves broadly to narrowly lanceolate, 3-6cm long, dark greene with papilose margins, acute, shortly petiolate, inflorescence flatly capitate, petals obtusely triangular |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | pinkish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Dianthus barbatus var. shinanensis Yatabe Dianthus shinanensis f. alpinus T.Shimizu Dianthus takenakae Honda |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |