Dianthus crinitus Sm. is a plant in the Caryophyllaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Dianthus crinitus Sm.

Dianthus crinitus Sm.

Dianthus crinitus is a Dianthus (carnation family) species with common names hairy carnation and long-haired pink that grows on serpentine soils.

Genus
Dianthus
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Dianthus crinitus Sm.

Dianthus crinitus Sm. is a species of the Dianthus genus in the carnation family. It can be found growing in northwestern Africa, the eastern Aegean Islands, Anatolia, the Transcaucasus, the North Caucasus, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the Gulf States, and Oman. It grows on serpentine soils. Its common names include hairy carnation and long-haired pink, and these common names are often more closely associated with certain of its subspecies than others.

Photo: (c) Soroush Khodaei, all rights reserved, uploaded by Soroush Khodaei

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Caryophyllaceae Dianthus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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