Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Dianthus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dianthus armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dianthus armeria
COMMON NAME:
Deptford Pink
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_diar_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_dianthus_armeria_3564
April Richland County SC
Elmwood Cemtery
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JK Marlow jkm180518_2372
May Greenville County SC
Flowers in congested cymes with long, erect awl-shaped bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8483
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8489
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s040520_a
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves numerous, very narrow, and ascending, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_armeria_deptford_14
June
Petals rose-pink copiously dotted with white, a few teeth on petal margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Ben Geer Keys bgk455_a
July
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdarmeria_brp1
July NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dianthus armeria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dianthus armeria
455
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Mountains, common in Carolina Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p258
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p365
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p055
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p077
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p039