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Dianthus zeyheri Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Dianthus

Characteristics

Robust, glabrous herb, 0.5-0.7 m high. Leaves of flowering shoots glaucous, erect, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, ± 40 mm long; sheath length equal to leaf width. Inflorescences with peduncles simple or sparingly branched in upper half, with 2-5 flowers. Calyx with 3 or 4(5) pairs of bracts, up to one third of calyx length. Sepals united, cylindrical, 28-45 mm long. Petals pale pink to mauve; limb narrowly to broadly obovate or orbicular, not hairy, dentate to shortly fimbriate. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Fruit a capsule, shorter than calyx.
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Leaves 2·0–9·0 cm. × 2–12 mm., lanceolate-elliptic, generally equalling or exceeding the corresponding internode in length, variable in width.
Flowering shoots robust, erect, often virgate, 20–75 cm. high, leafy below with a solitary flower or branched terminal inflorescence.
Petal-lamina 8–24 × 5–12 mm., obovate, dentate or lacerofimbriate, white or pink.
Calyx bracts 4, 6 or 8, covering about 1/3 of the calyx-length.
Calyx 2·8–4·5 cm. × 4–5 mm., cylindric.
Glaucous herb with a woody stem-base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.73
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Dianthus zeyheri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154048-1
WFO ID wfo-0000644496
COL ID 35B8G
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Synonyms

Dianthus serpae Dianthus zeyheri Dianthus mecistocalyx Dianthus albens Dianthus mecistocalyx Dianthus zeyheri subsp. zeyheri

Lower taxons

Dianthus zeyheri subsp. natalensis
WorldFloraDB 2024