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| latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| latin_name = ''Dianthus plumarius'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| common_names = Pink <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| growth_habit = herbaceous
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| high = 25 cm
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| wide = 50 cm
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| origin = Europe, N Asia
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| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
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Dianthus plumarius, Linn. (D. scoticus, Hort.). Common Grass or Garden Pink. Scotch Pink. Pheasant's Eye Pink. Low, tufty, 1 ft.: sts. simple or forked: plant blooming in spring and early summer, very fragrant: lvs. elongate-linear, keeled, spreading or recurved, thickish, 1-nerved, blue-glaucous: fls. medium size, rose-colored (varying in cult. to purple, white and variegated), the blade of the petal fringed a fourth or fifth of its depth; calyx cylindrical, with short broad-topped mucronate bracts. Austria to Siberia. Gn. 66, p. 260. F.E. 23:401.—A universal favorite. Hardy. Much used in old-fashioned gardens as edging for beds. There are double-fld. forms. A more continuous-blooming form is catalogued as var. semperflorens.
''Dianthus plumarius'' L. (''D. scoticus'' Hort.). Common or Garden Pink. Low, tufty, 25 cm: stems simple or forked: plant blooming in spring and early summer, very fragrant: lvs. elongate-linear, keeled, spreading or recurved, thickish, 1-nerved, blue-glaucous: fls. medium size, rose-coloured (varying in cult. to purple, white and variegated), the blade of the petal fringed a fourth or fifth of its depth; calyx cylindrical, with short broad-topped mucronate bracts. Austria to Siberia. Hardy. Much used in old-fashioned gardens as edging for beds. There are double-fld. forms. A more continuous-blooming form is catalogued as var. semperflorens.
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==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
