Dianthus cruentus, Griseb.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 203

113. D. cruentus Griseb. , Spicil. Fl. Rumel. 1: 186 (1843)

(inch D. lateritius Halâcsy , D. calocephalus Bald. , non Boiss., D. holzmannianus Heldr. & Hausskn. ).

Usually glaucescent perennial up to 100 cm. Leaves 1-3 mm wide, linear, acuminate, flat; sheaths several times as long as diameter of stem. Flowers numerous, in a dense head; bracts puberulent, oblong to ovateoblong with an awn, up to about as long as calyx. Epicalyxscalessimilar but smaller, pale to reddish-brown. Calyx 18- 20 x 3-4 mm, somewhat tapering from about the middle, puberulent, usually reddish-purple. Petal-limb 5-8 mm, dentate, more or less bearded. 2n=30. Balkan peninsula. Al Bu Gr Ju Tu.