279 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Caryophyllidae

► Order Caryophyllales

► Family Caryophyllaceae - Pink family

► Subfamily Caryophylloideae

► Tribe Caryophylleae

► Genus Dianthus L. - Pink

Synonyms

(=) Dianthus amurensis Jacques

(=) Dianthus heddewigii hort.

(=) Dianthus laciniatus hort. ex Makino

Common names

China pink (English)

Chinese pink (English)

Chinese-pink (English)

Dianthus (English)

Garden pinks (English)

Indian pink (English)

Japanese pink (English)

Pink (English)

Rainbow pink (English)

Telstar picotee dianthus (English)

Oeillet (French)

Oeillet de Chine (French)

 

Гвоздика китайская (Russian)

Clavellina (Spanish)

 

Zaw-hmwa-gale (Burmese)

Clavel (Philippines)

 

Shi zhu (Chinese)

Sekichiku (Japanese)

Kara-nadeshiko (Korean)

Description

Small single mildly fragrant rotate flowers with four to six broad slightly overlapping petals that have smooth or cut-and-fringed edges and are gathered at the base into a strong tubular green calyx; in white and shades of pink and red, sometimes variegated; borne in branching few- flowered clusters. An annual, biennial or short- lived perennial garden plant.