Caryophyllaceae
Childing pink
Petrorhagia nanteuilii
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Petrorhagia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Childing pink, Proliferous pink
- Japanese
- イヌコモチナデシコ
- Welsh
- Penigan epilgar
Synonyms
- Dianthus nanteuillii Burnat
- Kohlrauschia nanteuilii (Burnat) P.W.Ball & Heywood
- Tunica nanteuilii (Burnat) Rouy & Foucaud
- Tunica nanteuilii Gürke
- Tunica prolifera subsp. nanteuilii (Burnat) Graebn.
- Tunica prolifera var. nanteuilii (Burnat) Briq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Donald Hobern from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.