| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus strictus Banks & Sol. |
| Bibliography | Nat. Hist. Aleppo [A.Russell] ed. 2. 2: 252 (1794) |
| Native Range | e. Medit to w. Iran and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves rigid, shortly linear, acute, 3-5-nerved, margins scabrous, lower leaves crowded, flowers solitary, calyx cylindrical, lobes shortly lanceolate, corolla lobes entire |
| Size | 15-45cm |
| Color | white |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Dianthus halepensis Bornm. Dianthus polycladus Boiss. Dianthus polycladus var. glomeratus Bornm. Dianthus quadrilobus Boiss. Dianthus sulcatus Boiss. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) |