Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dianthus armeria
Common name
Deptford Pink
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Where found
Roadsides, disturbed ground, and moist places. Kosciuszko National Park and west to Tumbarumba and the tablelands. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual or biennial herb to 0.6 m high. Stems hairy with short hairs, at least above. Leaves in a basal rosette and opposite each other on the stems, 2.5–6.5 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, keeled, hairy, margins smooth, stalkless and with a sheath at the base, tips pointed. Flowers rose-red, pale-dotted, with 5 toothed petals, with a long narrow stalk-like potion at the base, spreadng above, the spreading parts of the petals 4–5 mm long. Flowers in 2–10-flowered clusters. Flowering: October–January
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dianthus~armeria (accessed 9 January, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application:
