Dianthus repens, common names boreal carnation and northern pink, is a plant species native to the Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) region of China, as well as to Siberia, the Russian Far East, northern parts of European Russia (Komi, Arkhangelsk, etc.), Alaska and Yukon Territory.Eric Hulten. 1968. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories. Stanford University Press. Red book, Arkhangelsk regionRed Book, Komi RepublicRed Book, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Dianthus repens is a perennial herb with many stems clumped together, sometimes erect but other times forming a mat pressed against the ground. Stems are hairless (except in some Chinese populations),Zhao, Yi-zhi. 1989. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Intramongolicae 20(1): 110. up to 25 cm long. Leaves are linear or narrowly lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. Flowers are usually solitary but sometimes in clumps of 2-4, with pink to purple petals.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1799. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 2(1): 681–682.Voroschilov, Vladimir Nikolaevich. 1985. Floristicheskie Issledovniia v Raznykh Roinakh SSSR 167.Kohzhevnikov, Yu P. 1981. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii (New Delhi) 18: 238. It grows in rock outcrops and talus slopes.
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