| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus chinensis L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 411 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Temp. Asia and n. India |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-5cm, acuminate, flowers 1-5, pedicellate, calyx cylindrical, sepals lanceolate, ciliate, sharply acute, petals 16-18mm long, irregurarly dentate |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Dianthus altaicus Willd. ex Ledeb. Dianthus amurensis Jacques Dianthus chinensis f. albiflora Y.N.Lee Dianthus chinensis var. amurensis (Jacques) Kitag. Dianthus chinensis var. dentosus (Fisch. ex Rchb.) Debeaux Dianthus chinensis var. heddewigii Hend. ex J.Dix Dianthus chinensis f. heddewigii (Hend. ex J.Dix) T.Moore Dianthus chinensis f. ignescens (Nakai) Kitag. Dianthus chinensis var. ignescens Nakai Dianthus chinensis f. imperialis T.Moore Dianthus chinensis var. jingpoensis G.Y.Zhang & X.Y.Yuan Dianthus chinensis var. laciniatus Hend. ex J.Dix Dianthus chinensis var. liaotungensis Y.C.Chu Dianthus chinensis var. longisquama Nakai & Kitag. Dianthus chinensis var. macrosepalus Franch. ex L.H.Bailey Dianthus chinensis var. morii (Nakai) Y.C.Chu Dianthus chinensis var. serpens Y.N.Lee Dianthus chinensis var. shangdongensis J.X.Li & al. Dianthus chinensis var. subulifolius (Kitag.) Ma Dianthus chinensis var. sylvaticus W.D.H.Koch Dianthus chinensis ssp. versicolor (Fisch. ex Link) Vorosch. Dianthus chinensis var. versicolor (Fisch. ex Link) Ma Dianthus dentosus Fisch. ex Rchb Dianthus fischeri Spreng. Dianthus ibericus Willd. Dianthus jeniseensis Less. ex Ledeb. Dianthus laciniatus Makino Dianthus morii Nakai Dianthus ochroleucus Link Dianthus patens Willd. Dianthus pineticola Kleopow Dianthus pulcher Salisb. Dianthus ruthenicus Roem. ex Poir. Dianthus scaber Schleich. ex Suter Dianthus schraderi Rchb. Dianthus seguieri var. dentosus (Fisch. ex Rchb.) Franch. Dianthus serratus var. scaber DC. Dianthus sinensis Link Dianthus subulifolius Kitag. Dianthus subulifolius f. leucopetalus Kitag. Dianthus tataricus Fisch. Dianthus umbellatus DC. Dianthus versicolor Fisch. ex Link Dianthus versicolor var. alpinus Krylov Dianthus versicolor f. leucopetalus (Kitag.) Y.C.Chu Dianthus versicolor ssp. ninelli (Peschkova) Baikov & N.V.Vlassova Dianthus versicolor var. ninelii Peschkova Dianthus versicolor var. subulifolius (Kitag.) Y.C.Chu Dianthus willdenowii Link |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHS China Southeast, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, IND India, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |
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