Plants cespitose, not matted. Stems erect, simple or branched proximally, 25-65 cm, glabrous. Leaves: sheath (5-)8-18(-25) mm, 3-8 times as long as stem diam.; blade linear to spatulate, 3-7(-13) cm, green, margins glabrous. Inflorescences dense, 4-15(-20+)-flowered heads; bracts lanceolate, equaling or longer than calyx, herbaceous to scarious, apex aristate; bracteoles 4 or 6, brown, oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 2/ 3/ 4 times as long as calyx, scarious, apex aristate in distal 1/ 1/ 5. Pedicels 0.1-2 mm. Flowers subsessile; calyx 40-45-veined, 10-15 mm, glabrous, lobes ovate, 3-4 mm; petals deep pink to scarlet or purple, bearded, 10-15 mm, apex dentate. Capsules 8-10 mm, slightly shorter than calyx. Seeds 1.6-2 mm. 2n = 30, 60 (both Europe).
Perennial and largely glabrous like no. 3 [Dianthus barbatus L.], but with linear lvs, puberulent calyx-lobes, and consistently dark crimson pet, is locally escaped in our range, as in Mich. and N.H.
(5–)20–50 cm hoch, meist unverzweigt, kahl, mit vielen sterilen Trieben. Blätter lineal. Blüten purpurn, kurz gestielt, am Ende des Stängels in einem kopfigen, von braunhäutigen Hochblättern umgebenen Blütenstand. Kelchschuppen gelbbraun-häutig, pl
6–10. Trockenwiesen, Felsen, lichte Wälder.
| Name | Language | Country | |
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| Oeillet des Chartreux | French | CH |
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| Garofano dei Certosini | Italian | CH |
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| Kartäuser-Nelke | German | CH |
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| Negla purpura | Raeto-Romance | CH |
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| Clusterhead pink |
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