title: Dianthus pendulus
text: # Dianthus pendulus
  
  Dianthus pendulus is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.
  
  ## Description
  
  It is a subshrub with the buds close to the soil surface. The plant is perennial and has non-succulent smooth, entire, dull green leaves. Its pink flowers are hermaphrodite and bloom from June to November.
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  Dianthus pendulus is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, it grows on rocky outcrops in Lebanon, Syria and northern Israel and Iraq.
  
  