276 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Caryophyllidae

► Order Caryophyllales

► Family Caryophyllaceae - Pink family

► Subfamily Caryophylloideae

► Tribe Caryophylleae

► Genus Dianthus L. - Pink

Synonyms

Common names

Border carnation (English)

Carnation (English)

Clove pink (English)

Divine-flower (English)

Garden spice fuchsia dianthus (English)

Hardy carnation (English)

Pink, clove (English)

Sweet William (English)

Wild carnation (English)

Oeillet (French)

 

Nelke (German)

Гвоздика голландская (Russian)

Clavel (Spanish)

 

Carnation (India)

 

Zaw-hmwa-gyi (Burmese)

 

Oranda-nadeshiko (Korean)

Description

Medium-sized fully double flowers with soft fringed petals and a sweet clovelike fragrance; in white and shades of purple, pink, red, yellow and apricot orange; borne in clusters of two to five flowers on long stems. A popular garden perennial.