| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Dianthus polylepis Bien. ex Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 497 (1867) |
| Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to n. & ne. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glaucous, leaves rigid, short, narrowly linear, adaxially sulcate, abaxially obtusely carinate, acute, flowers solitary, petals glabrous, short, ovate, laciniate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |