Dianthus orientalis
{{short description|Species of plant in the genus Dianthus}}
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| genus = Dianthus
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| parent = Dianthus
| species = orientalis
| authority = AdamsBeitr. Naturk. 1: 54 (1805)
| synonyms = Dianthus pogonopetalus Boiss. & Kotschy
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Dianthus orientalis, called the Georgian pink, is a species of pink in the carnation family found in the Levant, Anatolia, the Transcaucasus and the North Caucasus, Iraq and Iran, and disjunctly in Tibet and Xinjiang in China.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60459031-2 |title=Dianthus orientalis Adams |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=14 August 2020 }} Given its preference for drier, rocky and alkaline soils, and its attractive lilac{{nbh}}pink flowers which appear in autumn, it is being studied as a potential ornamental plant, and for use on green roofs.{{cite conference |title=Green Roofs and Xeriscape Planting that Contribute to Sustainable Urban Green Space |last1=Sarı |first1=Derya |last2=Karaşah |first2=Banu |date=November 2015 |pages=962–966 |location=Kyoto, Japan |conference=ICSAUD 2015: 17th International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design }}
Subspecies
A number of subspecies have been described:
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- Dianthus orientalis subsp. aphanoneurus Rech.f.
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. gilanicus Rech.f.
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. gorganicus Rech.f.
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. ketzkhovelii (Makaschv.) Nersesian
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. macropetalus (Boiss.) Rech.f.
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. nassireddinii (Stapf) Rech.f.
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. obtusisquameus (Boiss.) Rech.f.
- Dianthus orientalis subsp. stenocalyx (Boiss.) Rech.f.
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