| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus anatolicus Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 22 (1843) |
| Native Range | East Aegean Islands to c. Turkey, Transcaucasus, Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 500-3500m |
| Description | stems numerous, leaves rigid, narrowly linear, acuminate, 3-nerved, margins scabrous, flowers 1-3, calyx lobes triangular, acute, ciliate, corolla lobes crenate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 anatolicus var. parviflorus (Boiss.) Boiss. Dianthus kotschyanus Boiss. & Heldr. Dianthus parviflorus Boiss. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |