Dianthus webbianus       7140

This is a perennial, 4-14cm, densely pruinose. The leaves are 15-22 x 1.5-2.5mm, spinose, squarrose, narrowed from the base to an aristate apex, margins very thick. The long shoot leaves are 13-17 x 0.5-1mm, erect, subspinose.

The flowers are usually solitary, sometimes in pairs. There are 6-10 bracteoles, shorter than the calyx tube to longer, narrowly ovate to ovate, long-aristate, margins narrowly membranous. The calyx is 16-18 x 3-4mm, widest in the lower half, teeth 6-8mm, linear, long-mucronate. The petal limb is pink, 5-6mm, oblong, barbulate, dentate.

References
- Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, P.H. Davies. 1984 Vol. 2 pag. 126. ISBN

- A revision of the South African Species of Dianthus, J. Burtt Davy. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 1922 Vol. 1922(7) pag. 209-223. JStor
- eFloras. eFloras.org Vol. 1 pag. 109796. Dianthus
- Flora iberica, Santiago Castroviejo. 2010. ISBN
- Flora of Cyprus, R. D. Meikle. 1977 Vol. 1 pag. 214-218. ISBN
- Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, P.H. Davies. 1984 Vol. 2 pag. 99-131. ISBN
- Florae Graecae prodromus; sive Plantarum omnium enumeratio, Sibthorp, John, and Smith, James Edward,. Vol. 1 pag. 478. Address
- Flowers of Greece and the Balkans: A Field Guide, Polunin Oleg. 1988. ISBN

Biological type: plant
Frost resistance: 5ºF
Leaf color: bright green
Flower color: lila

Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 0,3ft x 0,9ft
Sun exposure: shadow (Sun hours: <3h
Foliage: evergreen
Growth: average
Flowering time from June until August

Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 30%Compost+30%Coco+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Perennials; forestry plate 8cm, 1L container, 2L forestry pot, 6L container, 55L container
Propagation is done by root division

Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 500-700mm
Gravelly soil: much

SPRING Sow the seeds at 2mm depth in the Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix and pouwder with 2mm Smoked Vermiculite (0,012g/cm²) between 59-68°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight. The seeds germinate in 1-2 weeks.