Caryophyllaceae
Feathered pink
Dianthus plumarius
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Dianthus
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- زهر الزر
- Catalan
- Clavellet de Sant Isidre
- Chinese
- 常夏石竹
- Czech
- Hvozdík péřitý
- Danish
- Fjer-Nellike
- Dutch
- Grasanjer
- English
- Feathered pink, Common pink, Garden pink, Pink, Wild pink
- Estonian
- Sulgnelk
- Finnish
- Sulkaneilikka
- French
- Œillet mignardise
- German
- Feder-Nelke, Federnelke
- hsb
- Cančkata nalika, Pjerjanka
- Hungarian
- Tollas szegfű, Német szegfű
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjærnellik
- Polish
- Goździk postrzępiony, Goździk pierzasty
- Russian
- Гвоздика перистая
- Slovak
- Klinček peristý
- Slovenian
- Peresasti klinček
- Swedish
- Fjädernejlika
- Welsh
- Penigan cyffredin
Synonyms
- Caryophyllus plumarius (L.) Moench
- Cylichnanthus plumarius (L.) Dulac
- Dianthus blandus (Rchb.) Hayek
- Dianthus dubius Hornem.
- Dianthus dubius Hornem. ex DC.
- Dianthus hoppei Port. ex Hayek
- Dianthus hortensis Schrad. ex Willd.
- Dianthus neilreichii Hayek
- Dianthus odoratus Vest ex Steud.
- Dianthus plumarius var. blandus Rchb.
- Dianthus plumarius var. hortensis (Schrad. ex Willd.) Trevir.
- Dianthus plumarius var. parviflorus Kauffm.
- Dianthus plumarius var. portensis Ser.
- Dianthus portensis Libosch. ex Ser.
- Plumaria vulgaris Opiz
- Silene plumaria (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Tunica plumaria (L.) Scop.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Rimshot, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Isaline Noirot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeroen van Zuidam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.