Dianthus carmelitarum
Dianthus carmelitarum
Samsu
Syn: D. artwinensis
Perennial, 15-40 cm tall. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 1,5-2,5 mm wide. Bracts green, lanceolate, long-acuminate, longer than the capitulum. Bracteoles 6; bases oblong, purple; apices green, long-acuminate to aristate, usually exceeding the calyx tube. Calyx 17-24 x 3,5-4,5 mm, purple, cylindrical; calyx teeth 5-7 mm, lanceolate, long-acuminate. Petal limb 5-7 mm. dentate, barbulate, carmine red. Fl. 6-8. Banks and field edges, 300-3000 m.
Endemic. Euxine element.
