Dianthus armeria L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Deptford Pink
🇫🇷 Œillet armérie, Œillet velu, Armoirie, Œillet à bouquet

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Caryophylleae
Genus: Dianthus
Species: Dianthus armeria

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with D. deltoides L., 1753, whose upper leaves and calyx are glabrous or covered with short hairs (< 0.2 mm), while those of D. armeria are covered with long hairs (≥ 0.3 mm).

Hybridizes with D. deltoides L., 1753 to produce D. × hellwigii Borbás ex Čelak., 1879, P.

Photographs

img/dianthus-armeria-6.webp — *Dianthus armeria*

img/dianthus-armeria.webp — *Dianthus armeria*

img/dianthus-armeria-2.webp — *Dianthus armeria*

img/dianthus-armeria-3.webp — *Dianthus armeria*

img/dianthus-armeria-4.webp — *Dianthus armeria* - Flower buds

img/dianthus-armeria-5.webp — *Dianthus armeria* - Cauline leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 636). Biotope.