Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 25

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-COMMON_NAMES-China Pink, Indian Pink
-GENUS-Dianthus
-SPECIES-Dianthus chinensis
-CLASS-Decandria
-ORDER-Digynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Dianthus 
-MODERN_SPECIES-Dianthus chinensis
-MODERN_FAMILY-Caryophyllaceae
-PLANT_TYPE- This plant "is little better than an annual, but will sometimes
             continue two years in a dry soil."
-COLOR-pink-lilac with purple eye
-SEASON-summer
-NATIVE_REGION-China
-ZONE-7
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-1
-PUB_DATE-1787
-REISSUED-1793
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
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