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Dianthus repens Willd.  
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FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus speciesDianthus repens Willd. 
BibliographySp. Pl., ed 4. 2: 681 (1799)
Native RangeSubarctic to North Korea
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Altitude0-1400m
Descriptionleaves linear-lanceolate, 3-5cm, acuminate, flowers 1-2, terminal, 20-25mm across, calyx cylindrical, sepals ciliate, acute, petals obovate-cuneate, dentate, pilose
Size5-25cm
Colorpurplish red
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsDianthus alpinus ssp. repens (Willd.) Kozhevn.
Dianthus chinensis ssp. repens (Willd.) Vorosch.
Dianthus repens var. scabripilosus Y.Z.Zhao
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia)
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon)
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