Caryophyllaceae

Glacier pink

Dianthus glacialis Haenke

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Dianthus

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Glacier pink (Dianthus glacialis) — FlowerPhoto: Daniel Ellehammer Larsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

English: Glacier pink, Ice pink
French: Œillet des glaciers
German: Gletschernelke
Polish: Goździk lodnikowy

Synonyms

Dianthus alpinus var. glacialis (Haenke) Regel
Dianthus alpinus var. subacaulis Roth
Dianthus glacialis f. reducta Fornac.
Dianthus glacialis var. acaulis Ser.
Dianthus glacialis var. latifolius Ser.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 210 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Daniel Ellehammer Larsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Malte Krömer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Asger Svenning, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: connyklein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.