OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dianthus armeria   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dianthus armeria

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Dianthus armeria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:

Dianthus armeria   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dianthus armeria

 

COMMON NAME:
Deptford Pink


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image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_diar_001_lvd

        

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

Keith Bradley    kab_dianthus_armeria_3564

April    Richland County    SC

Elmwood Cemtery

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

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).

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

JK Marlow    jkm190518_8483

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

JK Marlow    jkm190518_8489

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

JK Marlow    s040520_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves numerous, very narrow, and ascending, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

JK Marlow    jkm230606_3752

June    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Petals rose-pink copiously dotted with white, a few teeth on petal margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

Ben Geer Keys    bgk455_a

July        

image of Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdarmeria_brp1

July        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Dianthus armeria   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dianthus armeria   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dianthus armeria

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dianthus armeria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-12-002:
Dianthus armeria   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dianthus armeria

 

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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)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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