Deptford Pink

Invasive  Information

Scientific Name:   Dianthus armeria


Grows in dry fields and on roadsides. Native to Europe.

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Deptford Pink

Genus species: Dianthus armeria
Common Name: Deptford Pink
Family Name: Caryophyllaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, often with swollen nodes; leaves opposite, simple, entire, stipules scarious or absent; flowers mostly bisexual, regular, solitary or in various clusters; fruit a capsule or 1-seeded utricle.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Pink/Red
Identified by:A. Swanson
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