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Dianthus micropetalus

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Name

Identification
Dianthus micropetalus Ser. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dianthus micropetalus

Flora

Entry for DIANTHUS scaber Thunb. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 120, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
DIANTHUS scaber Thunb. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Prod. p. 81;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 393.
DIANTHUS micropetalus Ser. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], DC. Prod. 1. p. 359.
DIANTHUS prostratus E. & Z. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], ! 248, ex parte.
DIANTHUS scaber E. Mey. var. graminifolia [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
DIANTHUS micropetalus E. Mey. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
DIANTHUS ramentaceus Fenzl. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], (a larger and slightly branched variety.)
Information
stems erect or decumbent at base, simple, one-flowered, scabrid; radical leaves aggregate, linear-subulate, sub-triangular, keeled, scabrid; upper cauline scale-like; bracts 4, ovato-lanceolate, twice or thrice as short as the (inch-long) tube; petals toothed or lacerate, the lamina broadly obovate, short. Herbaceous, many-stemmed, 6–12 inches high. Stems filiform, simple, rarely with a single branchlet. Rad. leaves rigid, uncial; upper cauline, 2–3 lines long. Bracts acute, glabrous, pale-edged. Lamina of petals about 2 lines long, broadly obovate, sometimes shortly toothed, sometimes fimbriate. Best known from the preceding by its much shorter calyx tube.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Grassy fields in Uitenhage, E. & Z.! Highest ranges of Wittberg, 5–6000 ft. and at Klipplaat River, Drege! Gt. Fish River, Burke, Sandfontein and Zeekoe Valley, Zeyher, 80. Springbokkeel and Kamos, Boschjesman's land, Zey. No. 26. Orange River and in Ceded Territory, E. & Z. β. at Graham's Town, Zey. 82. and Dutoit's Kloof, Drege. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., Hook., Sond., T.C.D.)

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