Citation: P. Ball & Heyw., Bull. Brit. Mus. (Bot.) 3:164 (1964).

Synonymy: Dianthus nanteuilii Burnat, Fl. Alp. Marit. 1:221 (1892); Tunica prolifera sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 358 (1948), non (L.) Scop.; Petrorhagia prolifera sensu H. Eichler, Suppl. 145 (1965), non (L.)P. Ball & Heyw.

Common name: Proliferous pink.

Description:
Annual, erect, with single stems or branched from the base, usually glabrous, sometimes tomentose in the middle region, c. 65 cm high; leaves linear, c. 6 cm long; leaf sheaths usually not more than twice as long as wide.

Flowers small, subsessile, 2-8 in dense terminal clusters, the calyx concealed by broad white scarious bracts of which the innermost are thinner and embracing the flowers, c. 15 mm long, the outer bracts mucronate.

Seeds c. 1.8 mm long, tuberculate, dark-brown.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 302.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to the Mediterranean. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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