What is Dianthus superbus?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |image = Dianthus superbus 140805a.jpg |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]] |ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] |familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]] |genus = ''[[Dianthus]]'' |species = '''''D. superbus''''' |binomial = ''Dianthus superbus'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |}} [[File: Dianthus superbus.MHNT.BOT.2012.10.8.JPG|thumb|'' Dianthus superbus '']] '''''Dianthus superbus''''', also known as '''Large Pink''', is a species of ''[[Dianthus]]'' native to [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]]. This flowering plant grows in Western Europe from northern [[Spain]] to [[Norway]].<ref>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Dianthus&SPECIES_XREF=superbus&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Dianthus superbus''];Euro+Med Plantbase Project: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=101538&PTRefFk=500000 ''Dianthus superbus''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043648/http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=101538&PTRefFk=500000 |date=2011-07-18 }}; retrieved 2012-8-10.</ref> The wild flower is also native across northern Asia, including [[China]] and [[Japan]].<ref>Sun, Chung Ki ''et al.'' (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=QsWxLORtF0kC&pg=PA28 ''International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine: Northeast Asia,'' p. 28]; Zhou, Jiaju ''et al.'' (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ofONXILDKPsC&pg=PA427 ''Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines,'' Vol. 5, p. 427].</ref> ==References==<!-- BiolConserv137:248. --> {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Dianthus superbus}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dianthus Superbus}} [[Category:Caryophyllaceae|superbus]] {{Biology-stub}}