Dianthus mooiensis F.N.Williams

Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high; tufted, glaucous, glabrous. Shoots: vegetative erect, arising from woody base or from lower nodes of flowering shoots; flowering several, fastigiated, leafy in lower half, terminating above in a branched inflorescence. Leaves mostly basal; blade narrowly linear-ovate, 25-45 x 3-5 mm, tapering from base to acute apex, 5-11-veined, striate on both surfaces. Flowers: 5-15 in a branched inflorescence; bracts linear-ovate; calyx green, tinged purple in upper part, 16-20 mm long, lobes brown or purple; petals elliptic or obovate, cuneate at base 5-10 mm long, antical margin fimbriate, white or pale pink; Oct.-Jan.