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Proliferous pink

Petrorhagia nanteuilii

Also called Childing Pink, Nanteuil's Pink, Productive Carnation, Tubercle Seeded Pinkgrass, Wild Carnation, Productive Carnation, Childing Pink

Proliferous pink
Photo: Javier martin, Public domain
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Macaronesia, W. Europe to W. & C. Medit.
Climate
temperate

About

Petrorhagia nanteuilii is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include childing pink, productive carnation, proliferous pink and wild carnation. P. nanteuilii in the British Isles was formerly not reliably separated from P. prolifera but now the two are recorded as separate species. Because of this the commonly used name proliferous pink is probably not correct for this taxon. It is an annual that grows to 50 cm tall. Leaves are linear, opposite and stem clasping. Small pink flowers are produced in small ovoid heads, with usually only one flower visible at a time. These are followed by ovoid seed capsules.

The species is native to Europe but has become naturalised elsewhere.

Other Petrorhagia plants

Hairypink · Childing pink · Saxifrage pink · Pink

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Petrorhagia nanteuilii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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