Dianthus plumarius

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Caryophylleae
Genus: Dianthus
Species: Dianthus plumarius
Subspecies: D. p. subsp. plumarius – D. p. subsp. praecox – D. p. subsp. regis-stephani
Name

Dianthus plumarius L. (1753)
Homonyms

Dianthus plumarius Gunn. ex Spreng. = Dianthus superbus subsp. superbus

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 411. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Dianthus plumarius. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 08. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dianthus plumarius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dianthus plumarius. Published online. Accessed: Sep 08 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Dianthus plumarius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Sep 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dianthus plumarius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
čeština: hvozdík péřitý
dansk: Fjernellike
Deutsch: Feder-Nelke
suomi: Sulkaneilikka
français: Œillet mignardise
hornjoserbsce: Cančkata nalika
magyar: tollas szegfű
Nederlands: Grasanjer
polski: goździk postrzępiony
русский: Гвоздика перистая
slovenčina: klinček peristý
svenska: Fjädernejlika

Dianthus plumarius, also known as the common pink, garden pink, wild pink or simply pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Description
Close up of flower

Dianthus plumarius is a compact evergreen perennial reaching on average 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) in height. The stem is green, erect, glabrous and branched on the top. The leaves are opposite, simple, linear and sessile, more or less erect and flexuous, with a sheath embracing the stem. They are about 3 millimetres (0.12 in) wide and about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long. The calyx is a green cylindrical tube about 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long, with reddish teeth. The flowers are radially symmetric, hermaphrodite, gathered in scapes of 3–5 flowers, with 10 stamens. They have five pink petals, 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) long, with fringed margins. The flowering period extends from May through August. The fruits are capsules with a few seeds.[1]
Distribution
Flower atlas print from 1884

This species is native to Austria, Croatia, and Slovenia, and naturalized in Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom.[2]

In the United States it is known to grow invasively in Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York State, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and California.[3]
Etymology

While the origin of the name "pink" is uncertain, within two decades of its 1570 appearance in the written record, that flower's name was being used to refer to the pastel red known as pink in English today. Whether the pinking shear shares a common origin, or is named after the flower, is uncertain.[4]
See also

List of Award of Garden Merit dianthus

References

Shoot. "Dianthus plumarius Pink Common pink Wild pink Clove pink Cottage pink Feathered pink Garden pink Grass pink Indian eye Mary's pink Mother of all pinks Pheasant's eye Scottish pink Care Plant Varieties & Pruning Advice". www.shootgardening.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
"Hortipedia - Dianthus plumarius". en.hortipedia.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
"NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
Pink: Etymology – Dictionary.com
1570s, common name of Dianthus, a garden plant of various colors, of unknown origin. Its use for "pale rose color" first recorded 1733 (pink-coloured is recorded from 1680s), from one of the colors of the flowers. The plant name is perhaps from pink (v.) via notion of "perforated" petals, or from Dutch pink "small" (see pinkie), from the term pinck oogen "half-closed eyes," literally "small eyes," which was borrowed into English (1570s) and may have been used as a name for Dianthus, which sometimes has pale red flowers.