Herbs perennial, green to glaucous, to 60 cm tall or more. Stems caespitose, erect, distally branched, glabrous, large jointed. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 5--10 cm × 3--5 mm, sometimes glabrescent, midvein prominent, base connate into a sheath, apex sharply pointed. Flowers 1 or 2, terminal, sometimes axillary; bracts 4 or 6, elliptic to broadly ovate or obovate, 6--10 × 4--5 mm, ca. 1/4 as long as calyx, apex subulate or long acuminate. Calyx usually reddish purple, cylindric, 2.5--3 cm × 3--7 mm; teeth lanceolate, 4--5 mm. Petals 4--5 cm; claw 1.5--3 cm, surrounded by calyx tube; limb broadly obovate, 2--3 cm, fimbriate for at least 1/2 its length, throat bearded. Stamens and styles slightly exserted. Capsule cylindric, equaling or slightly longer than calyx, 4-toothed. Seeds black, glossy, compressed ovoid, ca. 2 mm. Fl. Jun--Sep, fr. Aug--Oct.
30–60 cm hoch, kahl. Stängel meist einzeln, aufrecht oder aufsteigend, am Grund mit sterilen Trieben. Blätter lineal-lanzettlich, bis 8 cm lang. Blüten einzeln oder zu wenigen, lila bis hellpurpurn. Kronblätter 15–30 mm lang, bis über die Mitte
6–9. Wiesen, Weiden, (kollin-)subalpin(-alpin). CH.
| Name | Language | Country | |
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| Negla franslada | Raeto-Romance | CH |
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| Oeillet superbe | French | CH |
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| Pracht-Nelke | German | CH |
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| Garofano a pennacchio | Italian | CH |
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