China pink
Dianthus chinensis L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 41 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Caryophyllaceae
Also called Chinese-pink, China Pink, Нангиад Башир, Алаг Башир, Annual pink, Chinese Pink
Formerly Dianthus amurensis, Dianthus dentosus, Dianthus fischeri, Dianthus ibericus, and 13 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Europe to Temp. Asia and N. IndiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 51 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–30 in; Wikipedia 30–50 cm
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Clavelina
- Chinese
- 石竹, 山猫儿, 瞿麦
- Czech
- hvozdík čínský
- Dutch
- Chinese anjer
- Russian
- Гвоздика китайская, Гвоздика амурская, Гвоздика разноцветная
- Finnish
- kiinanneilikka, Kiinanneilikka
- Japanese
- セキチク, カラナデシコ
- Chinese (China)
- 石竹, 东北石竹
- Polish
- Goździk chiński
- Swedish
- sommarnejlika, Sommarnejlika
- Korean
- 패랭이꽃
- root
- Нангиад башир
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Dianthus chinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.