Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dianthus multiceps Costa ex Willk. subsp. praepyrenaicus Bernal
Family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus : Dianthus
Province distribution : Barcelona. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Endemisms : Prepyrenees
Flowering time : June. July. August.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Pastures seques, llocs rocosos, boscos clars... sobre substrat calcari.
Characteristics : Dry pastures, rocky places, and sparse forests on calcareous soils. A plant laxly caespitose, leaves with serrulate margin, with 3-5 evident nerves. The flowers are separate or in pairs, more rarely disposed in lax cymes. The calycle has bracts shortly attenuate at the apex, not cylindrical. The petals are dentate and an intense pink in colour.
