How to identify Clove Pink
Identify Clove Pink by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fragrant fringed cultivated carnation.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glaucous.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- Confirm it sits within the Caryophyllaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Clove Pink.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dianthus caryophyllus
- Genus
- Dianthus
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- GlaucousrecordedCoated in a fine waxy bloom, giving a pale blue-grey or silvery look.“The leaves are glaucous greyish green to blue-green, slender, and up to 15 cm (6 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Clove Pink itself; the rest are typical of the Caryophyllaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“The flowers are produced singly or up to five together in a cyme;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Clove Pink itself; the rest are typical of the Caryophyllaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Clove Pink
Clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental and distilled for an aromatic oil.
In culture
It turns up in ritual and festival use and is used as an official or regional emblem.
Caryophyllaceae
Pink Family
Clove Pink belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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