What is Sweet William?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Dianthus'' | image = Dianthus barbatus 1.JPG | image_width = 230px | image_caption = ''Dianthus barbatus'' flower | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]] | genus = '''''Dianthus''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = species | subdivision = About 300 species; see text }} '''Sweet William''' a Eurasian [[pink]] widely grown for its clusters of small bright-coloured flowers. Biennial to perennial plant belonging to the pink family, native to southern Europe. It is grown for its fragrant red, white, and pink flowers. [[George Frideric Handel|Georg Friedrich Händel]] composed “See the Conquering Hero Comes” in honour of the victorious Duke of Cumberland. The flower sweet William was named after the latter in England. ==Web sites== {{commons|Dianthus barbatus}} {{wikispecies|Dianthus}} {{wiktionary|Sweet William|Dianthus}} * http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dianthus *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-576888/sweet-William sweet William, or bunch pink, or Dianthus barbatus, or sour Billy, or stinking Willie (plant)] *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000504 Flora of China] *Flora of the British Isles [[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]