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.

For a map see the National Biodiversity Network Gateway

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.

The leaves are greyish and form tufts.

Pink on wall, Hooke, Dorset

Pink (pink) flowers

Stigma prominent

Stamens and petal markings

Cylindrical green and mauve calyx

Greyish leaves - in tufts