. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Dianthus prolifer L. Proliferous or Childing Pink. Fig. 1830. Dianthus prolifer L. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6-15' high, simple, or with few erect branches. Leaves dis- tant, linear, erect, acute, i"-i" wide, 9"-is" long; flowers small, pink, clustered in terminal oblong or obovoid heads, and appearing succes- sively from beh
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Dianthus prolifer L. Proliferous or Childing Pink. Fig. 1830. Dianthus prolifer L. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. Annual, erect, slender, glabrous, 6-15' high, simple, or with few erect branches. Leaves dis- tant, linear, erect, acute, i"-i" wide, 9"-is" long; flowers small, pink, clustered in terminal oblong or obovoid heads, and appearing succes- sively from behind the bracts, which are broad, ovate, scarious, imbricated, shining, obtuse or mucronate, equalling and concealing the calyx. In waste places and ballast, Staten Island, N. Y., New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania to Ohio and ,. South Carolina. Adventive from Europe. Summer. 7/ Childing sweet-william. 2. Dianthus Armeria L. Deptford Pink. Grass Pink. Fig. 1831. Diaiilluis Armeria L. Sp. PI. 410. 1753. Annual, erect, stiff, finely pubescent, 6'-i8' high; branches few, nearly erect. Leaves linear, erect, acute or the lower obtusish, I's' long, i"-ii" wide; flowers small, pink with whitish dots, borne in terminal often dense clusters; bracts lanceolate- subulate, long-pointed, erect, mostly longer than the sharply-toothed ; capsule sometimes 5- toothed. In fields and along roadsides. Quebec and southern Vl] Ontario to Iowa, Michigan, Virginia and Georgia. Natu- ralized from Europe. Summer.
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