Dianthus petraeus

Dianthus petraeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Dianthus
Species:
D. petraeus
Binomial name
Dianthus petraeus
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Dianthus bebius Vis. ex Rchb.
    • Dianthus bohemicus Mayer ex Tausch
    • Dianthus integripetalus Schur
    • Dianthus kitaibelii Janka ex Beck
    • Dianthus liliodorus Pancic
    • Dianthus pseudocaesius Schur
    • Dianthus skorpilii Velen.

Dianthus petraeus, the rock pink or fragrant snowflake garden pink, is a species of Dianthus native to Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria.[2] It is often found growing on calcareous rocky slopes, or in dry highland forest edges.[3] It is occasionally grown in rock gardens.[4][5]

Subspecies

D. p. subsp. orbelicus

Only one subspecies is presently considered valid:[2]

  • Dianthus petraeus subsp. orbelicus (Velen.) Greuter & Burdet

References

  1. ^ Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 3: 246 (1807)
  2. ^ a b c "Dianthus petraeus Waldst. & Kit". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ Mačukanović-Jocić, Marina; Jarić, Snežana; Mladenović, Mića (2015). "Palynomorphological study of Dianthus petraeus Waldst. et Kit. (Caryophyllaceae)". Archives of Biological Sciences. 67 (3): 973–980. doi:10.2298/ABS150116060M.
  4. ^ "Dianthus petraeus". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ Robinson, William (1878). Hardy Flowers:Thirteen Hundred of the Most Ornamental Species. London: Macmillan and Co. p. 108. ISBN 9781429014434.