Dianthus Dianthus, Willk.

36. D. costae Willk. View in CoL in Willk. & Lange, Prodr. FI. Hisp. 3: 683 (1878).

Perennial 10-40 cm, with stout woody stock. Leaves linear, acuminate, flat; cauline usually 2-6 pairs, appressed to stem. Flowers solitary or few together; pedicels short. Epicalyxscales 4-6, sometimes with 1-2 pairs o f scale-like leaves just below them, c. i as long as calyx, ovate, acuminate; margin broadly scarious; apex green. Calyx 10-16 x 3-4 mm, narrowed from the middle or below. Petal-limb 6-8 mm, dentate, glabrous. « E. Spain. Hs. D. algetanus Graells ex F. N. Williams , Jour. Bot. (London) 23: 347 (1885) from near Madrid, usually has a more slender, elongated stock, clustered flowers and calyx 10-14 mm, and may merit subspecific rank. D. costae Willk. sensu stricto (inch D. turolensis Pau ), from E. Spain, usually has a short stout stock, solitary flowers, and calyx 13-16 mm. It was originally described as having 8-10 epicalyx-scales; this appears to refer to the 1-2 pairs of scale-like leaves close below the 4-6 true epicalyx-scales.