Dianthus occurs as genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native chiefly to Europe and Asia, with two or three coinage extending in the south to northward Africa, and of these coinage (D. repens) within arctic North America. Most common list include carnation (D. caryophyllus), pinkish (D. plumarius & related coinage) & sweet william (D. barbatus). A title Dianthus is from either a Greek words dios ("god") and anthos ("flower"), & was cited per Greek plant scientist Theophrastus.

A metal money come mostly perennial herbs, two or even three come annual or biennial, & a select few come moo subshrubs with woody basal stems. A leaves are opposite, elementary, mostly linear & typically strongly glaucous grey-green to blue-green. A flowers have 5 flower petal, usually by using the ruffled marginside, & come (in about 100% mintage) blanch to dark pink. A single metal money (D. knappii) has yellow flowers using the purple centre.

;Species Dianthus alpinus *Dianthus amurensis Dianthus anatolicus Dianthus arenarius Dianthus armeria - Deptford Pink Dianthus barbatus - Sweet William Dianthus biflorus Dianthus brevicaulis Dianthus callizonus Dianthus campestris Dianthus capitatus Dianthus carthusianorum - Carthusian Pink Dianthus caryophyllus - Carnation or Clove Pink *Dianthus chinensis - China pink Dianthus cruenatus Dianthus deltoides - Maiden Pink Dianthus erinaceus Dianthus freynii Dianthus fruticosus Dianthus furcatus Dianthus gallicus - French Pink or Jersey Pink Dianthus giganteus Dianthus glacialis Dianthus gracilis Dianthus graniticus Dianthus gratianopolitanus - Cheddar Pink Dianthus haematocalyx Dianthus knappii Dianthus lusitanus Dianthus microlepsis Dianthus monspessulanus Dianthus myrtinervius Dianthus nardiformis Dianthus nitidus Dianthus pavonius Dianthus petraeus *Dianthus pinifolius Dianthus plumarius - Wild Pink Dianthus pungens Dianthus repens - Boreal Carnation Dianthus scardicus Dianthus seguieri Dianthus simulans Dianthus spiculifolius Dianthus squarrosus Dianthus subacaulis Dianthus superbus - Large Pink Dianthus sylvestris Dianthus zonatus

A colour pink may be named when a flower. A origin of the flower title 'pink' is unknown; a guide that these are attached using a frilly edge of the flowers when though cut sustaining pinking shears is uncertain.

da:Nellike (Dianthus) de:Nelken fr:Œillet it:Dianthus ms:Bunga teluki nl:Anjer ja:カーネーション