Taxon: Dianthus armeria L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Dianthus armeria subsp. armeria (no accessions)
• Dianthus armeria subsp. armeriastrum (no accessions)

Common names:

• Deptford pink   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Deptford pink   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English   [Dianthus armeria subsp. armeria]
  
• grass pink   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English   [Dianthus armeria subsp. armeria]
  
• grass pink   (Source: Rabeler, p.c.) – English
  
• oeillet arméria   (Source: F New Brunswick ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Glea Cron ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran [n.]; Turkey [n.]
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Norway [s.e.]; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom [s.]
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece - Central Greece, Epirus, Ionian Islands, Macedonia, Thessaly; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: Andorra; France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [n.]

• widely naturalized

• widely cultivated

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
• Assadi, M. 1985. The genus Dianthus L. (Caryophyllaceae) in Iran. Iranian J. Bot. 3:49.
• Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. 1989–. Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares. (F Iberica)
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist. (L Georgia)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria. (F Victoria)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales)
• Hegi, G. et al. 1979. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- (IllF MEur) 3, 2:1008.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Hinds, H. R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick, ed. 2. (F New Brunswick)
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
• Rabeler, R. K. 1997. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rohweder, H. 1934. Beiträge zur Systematik und Phylogenie des Genus Dianthus unter Berücksichtigung der karyologischen Verhältnisse. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 66:256–257.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
• Stone, W. 1973. The plants of southern New Jersey. (F SNJersey)
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
• Strid, A. & K. Tan, eds. 1997–. Flora hellenica. (F Hellenica)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
• Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis)
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 (L Argent)

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Synonyms:

• Dianthus armeriastrum Wolfner [≡ Dianthus armeria subsp. armeriastrum]
  

Check other databases for Dianthus armeria L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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