Dianthus Dianthus, Wulfen

30. D. sylvestris Wulfen View in CoL in Jacq., Collect. Bot. 1: 237 (1786)

( D. boissieri Willk. , D. virgineus Gren. & Godron ).

Densely caespitose perennial with a short stout woody stock. Basal leaves usually numerous, green, slender (0-5-1 mm wide), wiry and often recurved. Flowers not or slightly fragrant. Epicalyx-scales 2-5(-8), broadly obovate, truncate or cuspidate, coriaceous, c. Ì as long as calyx. Calyx 12-29 x 4-7 mm, nearly cylindrical. Petal-limb glabrous, usually pink, dentate to entire. 2« = 30, c. 60. From S. & E. Spain to Greece and northwards to the Swiss Jura and the Alps. Al Au Co G a Ge G r He Hs It Ju Si. A polymorphic species closely related to 31. The following subspecies may be recognized: 1 Plant glaucescent; epicalyx-scales 2(—4); petals entire, usually not contiguous (e) subsp. tergestinus 1 Plant usually green; epicalyx-scales (2—)4—6(—8); petals dentate or denticulate, usually contiguous 2 Stems usually puberulent below; epicalyx-scales not green at apex; calyx-teeth 2-3 mm, obtuse (c) subsp. nodosus 2 Stems usually glabrous; epicalyx-scales with a green apex;

calyx-teeth 3-5 mm, obtuse to acuminate 3Calyx usually less than 15 mm; petals denticulate

(d) subsp. bertisceus 3Calyx usually more than 15 mm; petals dentate 4 Calyx usually 15-22 x 4-5 mm; teeth ovate-lanceolate,

obtuse; epicalyx-scales usually 4 (a) subsp. sylvestris 4 Calyx usually 25-29 x 5-7 mm; teeth lanceolate, acuminate;

epicalyx-scales often 8 (b) subsp. siculus