| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus gratianopolitanus Vill. |
| Bibliography | Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3: 598 (1789) |
| Native Range | Great Britain to Ukraine |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 300-3200m |
| Description | glabrous, blue-green, leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, flowers 15-30mm across, usually solitary, fragrant, calyx brown purple, with very short lobes |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 caesius Sm. Dianthus caesius ssp. adscendens Gaudin Dianthus caesius var. flaccidus (Fieber) Rouy & Foucaud Dianthus caesius ssp. montanus Gaudin Dianthus caesius var. nanus Gaudin Dianthus flaccidus Fieber Dianthus furcatus var. pedemontanus (Rouy & Foucaud) P.Fourn. Dianthus gratianopolitanus var. montanus (Gaudin) P.Fourn. Dianthus pulchellus Pers. Dianthus suavis Willd. Silene caesia (Sm.) E.H.L.Krause |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |