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Photographer: Margery Melgaard
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Dianthus armeria L.
Deptford pink
Dianthus: from Greek dios, "divine," and anthos, "flower," this was the divine flower or the flower of Zeus
armeria: Latinized from the old French name armoires for a cluster-headed dianthus
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 8"-24" tall, delicate forb; stems mostly hairy below the nodes |
| Flower: | pink, 5-parted, 1/2" wide, toothed petals with white spots; hairy, united sepals; inflorescence with 3-5 flowers in a tight, branched cluster (cyme); blooms July-Aug. |
| Leaf: | mostly less than 1/4" wide, many basal leaves and 5-10 pairs of stem leaves |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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