Maiden pink
Dianthus deltoides L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Caryophyllaceae
Also called Maiden Pink
Formerly Caryophyllus deltoides, Cylichnanthus deltoides, Silene deltoides
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to SiberiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Heidenelke, Heide-Nelke
- Czech
- hvozdík kropenatý
- Kashubian
- Wiatrôczk
- Welsh
- Penigan y forwyn
- Danish
- Bakke-Nellike
- Spanish
- clavelito
- Estonian
- Nurmnelk
- Finnish
- ketoneilikka
- French
- Oeillet à delta, Œillet à delta, oeillet couché
- Upper Sorbian
- Dźiwja nalika, Swědračk
- Lithuanian
- Šilinis gvazdikas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engnellik
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Dianthus deltoides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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