title: Dianthus strictus
text: # Dianthus strictus
  
  Dianthus strictus, known as the wild pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.
  
  ## Description
  
  Perennial, very variable. Leaves ciliate at base and scabrous at margin. Inflorescence loose, more or less branching. Scales of calyx pale, membranous, briefly aristate. Calyx conical-cylindrical, slightly tapered at apex, greenish-white, sometimes tinged with purple. Striations often limited to the apex of teeth and to some bands below sinuses. Petals pink, lamina fan-shaped, denticulate, marked with dots which gave the plant its name.
  
  ## Flowering
  
  The plant flowers any time from May–December.
  
  ## Geographic area
  
  It is endemic to Syria, Lebanon, the Palestine region, Egypt, Iraq, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece.
  
  