Dianthus superbus

Dianthus superbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Dianthus
Species:	D. superbus
Binomial name
	Dianthus superbus; L.

Dianthus superbus, also known as Large Pink, is a species of Dianthus native to Europe and northern Asia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant.

This flowering plant grows in Western Europe from northern Spain to Norway. The wild flower is also native across northern Asia, including China and Japan.

References

↑ Flora Europaea: Dianthus superbus;Euro+Med Plantbase Project: Dianthus superbus Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-10.
↑ Sun, Chung Ki et al. (1998). International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine: Northeast Asia, p. 28; Zhou, Jiaju et al. (2011). Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, p. 427.

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[1] Flora Europaea: Dianthus superbus;Euro+Med Plantbase Project: Dianthus superbus Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-10.

[2] Sun, Chung Ki et al. (1998). International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine: Northeast Asia, p. 28; Zhou, Jiaju et al. (2011). Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, p. 427.