Another flower from the
Dianthus family (suprataxon:
Caryophyllaceae [verbatim]),
Dianthus spiculifolius (Romanian:
Garofiţa albă de stânci or
Barba ungurului, English:
rocks white carnation or
Beard of the Hungarian) is an elegant plant that grows on limestone rocks, in upland up to the alpine areas. It grows as a bush, with many stems, the flowers are white or pale pink. The leaves are linear, up to 2-3 mm thin and the petals are ragged. It blooms in May-July and has an extraordinary, exquisite perfume.
Image from MyNature, © Beniamin BoceanuListed as
Dianthus spiculifolius Schur. (1866), this splendid flower is a rare, endemic species who grows in a few restricted areas in the Romanian
Carpathians Mountains.

Images from Alpinet, © Daniel Morar, Csaba Iakob
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