Seasonal Wild Flowers

Pink

Dianthus plumarius

Caryophyllaceae

Common pink

June to August

Found in eleven, long established sites, scattered

throughout the country, including Hooke, Dorset,

where these pictures were taken.

See the BSBI distribution map for Pink

It is a neophyte which has been cultivated in UK gardens

since the 1620's and is the forerunner of other cultivated

pinks.

It is known from the wild since the 1720's and is

naturalised in the mortar of old walls, limestone, banks

and alongside railways.

Pink is a tufted perennial herb, growing to 30cm.

Flowers are up to 4cm, pale pink, fragrant and with long

feathery teeth.

There are 10 stamens and 2 styles.

The leaves are greyish and form tufts.

Pink on wall, Hooke, Dorset

Pink (pink) flowers

2 stigmas prominent

Stamens (10) and petal markings

Cylindrical green and mauve calyx

Greyish leaves - in tufts