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Dianthus caryophyllus (carnation)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dianthus caryophyllus, carnation or clove pink, is a species of Dianthus. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years. Some fragrance-less carnation cultivars are often used as boutonnieres for men.
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Infraspecies

Dianthus caryophyllus f. caryophyllus
Dianthus caryophyllus f. fm

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Dispersal Mode [3]  Anemochory
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The flowers have a rich clove-like perfume.
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [2]  An essential oil is obtained from the flowers; It is used in perfumery. 500kg of flowers produce 100g of oil; The flowers are harvested when they are fully open in the morning, preferably after 3 hours exposure to sunlight; The flower heads are dried and used in pot-pourri, scented sachets and cosmetic products; The plant is quite rich in saponins. The leaves can be simmered in water and this water can then be used as a soap for cleaning the skin, clothes etc;
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [2]  20 inches (0.5 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast 160731 England/Scotland, United Kingdom  
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom

Emblem of

Ohio
Slovenia
Spain

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erysiphe buhrii[7]
Peronospora dianthi[7]
Uromyces dianthi[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0