Cheddar pink
Dianthus gratianopolitanus Vill.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Caryophyllaceae
Formerly Dianthus caesius, Dianthus flaccidus, Dianthus pulchellus, Dianthus suavis
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
- Great Britain to UkraineKew'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
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- hvozdík sivý
- Welsh
- Penigan Gwlad yr Haf
- German
- Pfingst-Nelke
- Estonian
- Hall nelk
- Finnish
- helluntaineilikka, Vuorineilikka
- French
- Œillet de Grenoble
- Upper Sorbian
- Swjatkowna nalika
- Dutch
- Rotsanjer
- Polish
- Goździk siny
- Slovak
- klinček sivý
- Slovenian
- binkoštni nagelj, Binkoštni nagelj
- Swedish
- Bergnejlika
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-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Dianthus gratianopolitanus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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