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Dianthus cyri is a small annual pink from the eastern Mediterranean to northwest Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, often found on saline ground. Give it full sun, sharp drainage and sow it where it is to flower.
Dianthus cyri is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the Middle East. It is an annual and a halophyte.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dianthus cyri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
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