| Caryophyllaceae |
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Dianthus lactiflorus FENZL |
Dianthus L. |
| D. lactiflorus Fenzl in Tchihat., Asie Min. Bot. 1:215 (1860). Figure 1, p. 105. Like D. pallens but base creeping, sterile shoots present at flowering, bracteoles
4, up to ½ calyx length, adpressed, ovate, the outer apiculate to cuspidate, inner acuminate, mucronate, pale below, greenish-striate above, petals milky-white. Grassy slopes. Type: [Turkey C5 Niğde] Bulghardagh in graminosis .... inter Bulghar-maden et Bulgarmagara, 2100 m, Kotschy (K!). C5 Niğde: Bulghar Magara, 2400 m, Siehe 276! Endemic. The following specimens have dentate petals except for some plants of D. 24469 with subentire petals: B9 Van: d. Başkale, Ispiriz Da., 3000 m, D. 23631; C9 Hakkari: Kara Da., 3500 m, D. 24469. They can probably be referred to D. lactiflorus. |