Dianthus deltoides subsp. deltoides
Plants cespitose, matted. Stems ascending, simple proximally, branched distally, (4.5–) 10–40 cm, puberulent; sterile shoots matted, 3–6 cm. Leaves: sheath 0.5–1.5 mm, ca. equaling stem diam.; blade linear to linear-lanceolate (flowering-stems) or oblanceolate (sterile stems), 0.6–2.6 cm, green, margins ciliate. Inflorescences open, 2–4-flowered cymes or often flowers solitary; bracts absent; bracteoles 2 (or 4), green, ovate, ca. 1/3–1/2 times as long as calyx, herbaceous with ± scarious margins, apex aristate. Pedicels 4–12 (–30) mm. Flowers: calyx 25–30-veined, 10–17 mm, glabrous or minutely pubescent, lobes narrowly lanceolate to linear, 3–5 mm; petals light or dark-pink to purple (rarely white), often with darker band at base of blade, bearded, 4–9 mm, apex dentate. Capsules 12–13 mm, somewhat shorter than calyx. Seeds 1.1 mm. 2n = 30 (Europe).
Phenology: Flowering early summer.
Habitat: Roadsides, meadows, shores, open woods, waste places
Elevation: 40-2700 m
Distribution
Introduced; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Ill., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo., Europe, in e Asia (China), in e Asia (Japan), in e Asia (Russian Far East)
Discussion
Subspecies deltoides is often cultivated and occasionally escapes, perhaps not persisting in the northern part of its range.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"/3-1/2timesaslongascalyx" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.