Dianthus cyprius is a shrubby hairless perennial plant with overarching branches up to long, the flowering branches growing from the sides of stems end in leaf-tufts. The calyx-tube grows up to cylindrical, with 4-9 pairs of bracts at the base. Flowers clustered, in diameter; petals pink with some red marking toward the centre. Flowers from June to November. The plant's common name is "Dianthos o Kyprios".
Distribution Endemic to Cyprus where it is frequent on high limestone cliff faces along the Northern Range, Kornos, St Hilarion, around Halevka and on Kantara Castle walls.
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