Flowers; Baden-Airpark, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer
Flowers, side view; Baden-Airpark, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Baden-Airpark, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Baden-Airpark, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Baden-Airpark, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 6/2013 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2141 Date of entry: 07.07.2013 Last update: 11.01.2020
German: Schmalblättrige Riesennelke
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (39)(family description)
Genus: Dianthus (5)
Epithet: giganteus d Urv. (1)
giganteus => gigantic, unusually higher than the type
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
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