title: Dianthus lusitanus
text: # Dianthus lusitanus
  
  Dianthus lusitanus is a species of Dianthus native to the Iberian Peninsula, and to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria. A hardy tussock-forming perennial growing on rocky slopes, in times past its numerous stems were used to make brooms.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  A subspecies has been described:
  
  * Dianthus lusitanus subsp. sidi-tualii (Font Quer) Dobignard
  