Sweet-William     Information
CULTIVAR
Scientific Name:Dianthus barbatus


NOTES: Popular garden flower. Many cultivars are available, including double-flowered and dwarf forms. Eurasian import.

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Sweet-William
Genus species: Dianthus barbatus
Common Name: Sweet-William
Family Name: Caryophyllaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, often with swollen nodes; leaves opposite, simple, entire, stipules scarious or absent; flowers mostly bisexual, regular, solitary or in various clusters; fruit a capsule or 1-seeded utricle.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Pink/Red
Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:  
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