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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}<br />
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| name = Alpine pink<br />
| image = Schneeberg - flower.jpg<br />
| genus = Dianthus<br />
| species = alpinus<br />
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<br />
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'''''Dianthus alpinus''''', the '''alpine pink''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (botany)|family]] Caryophyllaceae, [[endemism|endemic]] to the [[Alps]] of Eastern [[Austria]].<ref>[[#refGWBlam|Grey-Wilson & Blamey (1979)]]</ref> It is a short (2–10&nbsp;cm high) mat-forming [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant|perennial]], with linear to lanceolate leaves, 15–25&nbsp;mm long and 2–5&nbsp;mm wide.<ref>[[#Tutin1993|Tutin & Walters (1993), p. 239]]</ref> The flowers are a deep cerise pink with white spots,<ref name = RHSPF/> appearing from June to August.<br />
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A [[calcicole]], the species is found in the north-eastern limestone Alps of Austria from the [[Totes Gebirge]] in the west to [[Semmering, Austria|Semmering]] and the [[Schneeberg (Alps)|Schneeberg]] in the east.<br />
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In cultivation in the UK. it has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/5696/Dianthus-alpinus/Details | title = ''Dianthus alpinus''<br />
| website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 24 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 107 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | website = www.rhs.org | accessdate = 18 February 2020}}</ref> It requires a well-drained position in full sun, such as a [[rock garden]]. It may be short-lived in cultivation.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book|ref=refFisch|last1=Fischer|first1=M. A.|last2=Adler|first2=W.|last3=Oswald|first3=K.|title=Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol|location=Linz|date=2005|isbn=3-85474-140-5}}<br />
* {{cite book|ref=refGWBlam<br />
| title=The alpine flowers of Britain and Europe <br />
| author1=Grey-Wilson, C<br />
| author2=Blamey, Marjorie<br />
| year=1979<br />
| publisher=Collins<br />
| isbn=0002197499<br />
}}<br />
* {{cite book|ref="refSauerb|last=Sauerbier|first=Langer|title=Alpenpflanzen - Endemiten von Nizza bis Wien''location=Eching|date=2000|isbn=3-930167-41-7}}<br />
* {{cite book |ref=Tutin1993|last1=Tutin|first1=T.G.|last2=Walters|first2=S.M.|editor=T. G. Tutin|chapter=Dianthus|series=Flora Europea|volume=1|edition=2|title=Psilotaceae to Platanaceae|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkI3UttRP6QC|date=22 April 1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-521-41007-6|page=239}}<br />
* {{ cite book|ref=refWend|last=Wendelberger|title=Alpenpflanzen - Blumen, Gräser, Zwergsträucher|location=München|date=1984|isbn= 3-7632-2975-2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Dianthus/alpinus Alpine Pink] in [[Alpine Garden Society]] Encyclopaedia of Alpine Plants.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150712183132/http://www.flora-austria.at/Endemiten-Detail/Taxa-Endemiten/Dianthus-alpinus.htm Flora Austria]<br />
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{{Wikispecies|Dianthus alpinus}}<br />
{{Commons category|Dianthus alpinus|position=left}}<br />
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[[Category:Dianthus|alpinus]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic flora of Austria]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of the Alps]]<br />
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[[Category:Plants described in 1753]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]<br />
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