Common name:
Deptford pink
Family:
Scientific name:
Dianthus armeria
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations, mostly in southeast England
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, on chalky or sandy soils
Flowers:
The corolla has five pink lobes, rounded and toothed at the tip, with a few white dots at the centre, and an irregular line of darker pink towards the base. The calyx is also five-lobed, and is subtended by larger bracts, similar in appearance - narrow, hairy, pointed - projecting beyond the corolla. Stamens have white filaments and purple anthers
Leaves:
Stem leaves are narrow, linear, keeled, downy, pointed at the tips; basal leaves are narrowly lanceolate
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
