Dianthus orientalis
Dianthus orientalis
Yar karanfili
Perennial, 15-40 cm, usually with an extensive creeping woody base. Leaves 2-7 cm x 0,5-3 mm, linear, apex long-acuminate to shortly acute. Sterile shoot leaves often absent at flowering. Flowers usually solitary, if stems branched then pedicels at least 2 cm. Bracteoles 4-14, if fewer than 8 then either the outer or the inner longer, or all ± equal, if more than 8, becoming progressively smaller outwards. Inner bracteole apices acute or acuminate, to apiculate, aristate or mucronate, rarely cuspidate, the points up to 3 mm. Calyx 17-21 x 2,5-3,5 mm; teeth 6-9 mm; calyx broadest in the lower part, narrowed, often conspicuously towards the apex. Petal limb pink, fimbriate, barbulate, claw exserted. FI. 6-9; Cliffs, rocky slopes and screes, 500-3160 m.
N.W. Africa, W. Syria,. Caucasia, Iran, Turkestan. Very variable
