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Caryophyllaceae / Pink Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
Plant Type: This is a non-native herbaceous plant, it is a annual which can reach 50cm in height (20inches).
Leaves: The leaf arrangement is opposite.
deptford pink Dianthus armeria
deutzia Deutzia scabra
devil's ivy Epipremnum pinnatum
diffuse knapweed; white knapweed Centaurea diffusa
Dixie silver-back fern Pityrogramma calomelanos
dock Rumex stenophyllus
dog rose Rosa canina ...
Also known as the Deptford pink, this species was introduced into England in the middle of the 18th century, where it now grows wild on dry banks, stony, sandy slopes and hilly pastures.
Ornamental pinks include the spicily fragrant flowers of the large genus Dianthus, an Old World group including the carnation (D. caryophyllus), sweet William (D. barbatus), Deptford pink (D. armeria), ...
Daisy, Dame's Violet, Dark Mullein, Dark Red Helleborine, Dark-leaved Willow, Deadly Nightshade, Deergrass, Dense Silky-bent, Dense-flowered Orchid, Deptford Pink, Devil's-bit Scabious, Dewberry, Diapensia, Dioecious Sedge, Distant Sedge, Dittander, ...
Maiden pink is distinguished from Deptford pink by the larger flowers with broader petals, notched at the tips, and the dark ring near the center.
 See also: Pink, Dianthus, Campion, Carnation, Grass
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