Dianthus alpinus?

[Lori S.]

I have grown other dianthus in the guise of D. alpinus, so I thought I'd ask if anyone can say if this is the real thing, please?  It seems to have the petal markings, no?  It's been happy in a tufa bed, since last year from seed (though that is no indication, of course, of how it may act in the long-term).
Thanks.

[ranunculus]

I have grown other dianthus in the guise of D. alpinus, so I thought I'd ask if anyone can say if this is the real thing, please?  It seems to have the petal markings, no?  It's been happy in a tufa bed, since last year from seed (though that is no indication, of course, of how it may act in the long-term).
Thanks.

Just as difficult to identify in the wild sometimes, Lori!
This was a little too 'leggy' for D. alpinus but didn't cry out D. pavonius or D. seguieri either?

[hadacekf]

The leaves of Dianthus alpinus are dark green, and the flowers are to 3cm across and borne singly on short stalks.

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Franz ... you show a fine example.

[Lesley Cox]

Franz's picture says it all, for both foliage and flower, so no, yours is not, Lori.

[Lori S.]

Acckk!  I just realized I goofed... the seeds were labelled as D. glacialis, not D. alpinus.  I got them mixed up somewhere along the way as I labelled my photos.     Sorry. 
(Well, I guess I could ask if it really is D. glacialis... ?)

[Lesley Cox]

It could well be Lori. As I said in another thread, save the seed as it's quite short-lived, even annual sometimes.

[Great Moravian]

http://botany.cz/cs/dianthus-glacialis

[Lesley Cox]

That's an excellent picture in your link Josef.

[Lori S.]

Thank you, Franz and Josef, for the very useful photo references.