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Dianthus caryophyllus L., Sp. Pl. 410 1753. (Syn: Caryophyllus tunica Garsault [Invalid]; Dianthus acinifolius Schur; Dianthus arbuscula Lindl.; Dianthus arrectus Dumort.; Dianthus binatus Schur; Dianthus caryophyllus var. coronarius L.; Dianthus coronarius (L.) Burm.f.; Dianthus corsicus Link ex Spreng.; Dianthus kayserianus Schur; Dianthus longicaulis Costa; Dianthus miniatus A.Huet ex Nyman; Dianthus morrsii Hance (Unresolved); Dianthus moschatus J.F.Gmel.; Dianthus multinervis Vis.; Silene caryophylla E.H.L.Krause (Unresolved); Tunica caryophyllus Scop.; Tunica morrisii (Hance) Walp.);
Carnation;
Caryophyllaceae Week: Dianthus caryophyllus from Delhi: Dianthus caryophyllus L., Sp. pl. 1:410. 1753
Common names: Carnation, divine flower, Gilli-flower, clove pink
A glabrous and glacous tufted perennial herb, up to 90 cm tall, branched and woody at base; leaves thick, linear, up to 15 cm long, keeled, 3-5 nerved; flowers 3-8 cm across in 2-5 o a branch, fragrant, long pedicelled; bracts 4, broad, 1/4th the length of calyx; calyx cylindrical, 2.5-3 cm long with pointed teeth; petals irregularly dentate, often double.
Photograhed from Delhi.
Carnation flowers : Byculla MN050713 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Carnation flowers seen in an Exhibition
Byculla
February 2009
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