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Horticulture

Once common, it has been lost from many sites. Losses continue and it currently occupies only 7% of its total historic area, with many of these populations being very small. Deptford pink is now extinct in Scotland and is not found in Northern Ireland.
Plant Life 2010 http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/deptford_pink link

Key threats: conversion of traditional pasture to arable fields or forestry; and building on former pasture land.
Plant Life 2010 http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/deptford_pink link

Nomenclature

Di+anthos Greek for 'of Zeus'+'flower'. Armeria is a latinisation of the old French name 'armoires' a cluster headed Dianthus.
Stearn, W.T.. (1992). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. Cassell.

Geographical distribution

  • Asia-Temperate, Caucasus, North Caucasus
  • Asia-Temperate, Caucasus, Transcaucasus
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iran
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Turkey
  • Europe, Eastern Europe
  • Europe, Middle Europe
  • Europe, Northern Europe
  • Europe, Northern Europe, Great Britain
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe

Dianthus armeria L.

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus: Dianthus
Species: armeria L.
Common names: Deptford pink
Distribution summary: Temperate Asia, Europe
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Roadsides, wasteland & cultivated land
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plane tree bed (P)
Flowering months: June, July


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