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It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 80 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are glaucous greyish green to blue-green, slender, up to 15 cm long. The [[flower]]s are produced singly or up to five together in a [[cyme]]; they are 3–5 cm diameter, and sweetly scented; the original natural flower colour is bright pinkish-purple, but [[cultivar]]s of other colours, including red, white, yellow and green, have been developed.<ref name=rhs/><ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=1990 ''Dianthus caryophyllus'']</ref>
It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 80 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are glaucous greyish green to blue-green, slender, up to 15 cm long. The [[flower]]s are produced singly or up to five together in a [[cyme]]; they are 3–5 cm diameter, and sweetly scented; the original natural flower colour is bright pinkish-purple, but [[cultivar]]s of other colours, including red, white, yellow and green, have been developed.<ref name=rhs/><ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=1990 ''Dianthus caryophyllus'']</ref>
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Dianthus Caryophyllus, Linn. Carnation. Clove Pink. Picotee. Grenadine. Cespitose, glabrous, 1-3 ft., the sts. hard or almost woody below, the nodes or joints conspicuous: lvs. thick, long-linear, very glaucous, keeled, 5-nerved, stiffish at the ends: fls. mostly solitary, showy, very fragrant, rose, purple or white; calyx-bracts 4, very broad, abruptly pointed. B.M. 39 (Bizarre Carnation); 1622 (var. imbricatus); 2744 (Picotees).—Generally supposed to be native to the Medit. region, but Williams gives its geographical limits as "north and west Normandy" and "south and east Punjaub" (northwestern Hindoostan). In Eu. it is largely grown as an outdoor pink, but in this country it is chiefly known as the greenhouse carnation. The American forcing type (which may be called var. longicaulis) is distinguished by very long stems and a continuous blooming habit; it is here the carnation of commerce. Garden varieties of D. Caryophyllus are numberless, and they often pass under Latinized names (D. punctatus, Hort., is one of these names). See Carnation. The carnation has been long in cult. The bloom is now very variable in size, form and color; originally probably pale lilac. Fragrant.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==