ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK ILPIN INFORMATION ON Dianthus barbatus CLASS: DICOTYLEDENAE ORDER: CARYOPHYLLALES FAMILY: CARYOPHYLLACEAE SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dianthus barbatus AUTHORITY: L. COMMON NAMES: SWEET WILLIAM SYNONOMY: None PLANTS CODE: DIBA NATURAL COMMUNITIES: CULTURAL DEVELOPED LAND SAF FOREST COVER TYPE: UNAVAILABLE NATURAL DIVISION: UNAVAILABLE COUNTIES: JACKSON GROWTH FORM: Dicot-herb TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: ROOTS: Primary LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Opposite LEAF TYPE: Simple LEAF MARGIN: Entire LEAF SHAPE: Lanceolate Oblanceolate INFLORESCENCE: Dischasium Corymb FLOWER MEROUS: 5 FLOWER STRUCTURE: Complete Regular FLOWER COLOR: Red White FLOWER PLACEMENT: Hypogynous FRUIT: Capsule GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: ORIGIN: Introduced- Europe POPULATION DYNAMICS: STATE STATUS: Not listed FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed COMMONNESS: Rare ENDEMIC: NOT-ENDEMIC BIOLOGIC: HABIT: Forb LIFE CYCLE: Perennial REPRODUCTION: Sexual FLOWERING PERIOD: MONTH BEGINNING- 6 MONTH END- 8 TROPHIC STATUS: Autotrophic SEX: Perfect ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS: Species is distributed on waste ground; roadsides; groves. ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: No data entered FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: No data entered HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA: SHOWY FLOWERS: YES AMOUNT: Medium LANDSCAPING: YES AMOUNT: High WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION: No data entered REVEGETATION PLANTINGS: No data entered REFERENCES: Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed. 1975. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 494 pp. Jones, G. N. 1963. Flora of Illinois. Third ed. American Midland Naturalist Monograph 7. University of Notre Dame, Indiana. 401 pp. Steyermark, J. A. 1963. Flora of Missouri. Iowa State University Press, Ames. 1725 pp. Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of north- eastern United States and adjacent Canada. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York. 810 pp. Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany. 8th ed. American Book Co., New York. 1632 pp. Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm. 1979. Plants of the Chicago region. Third ed. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. 922 pp. END OF DATA FOR SPECIES Dianthus barbatus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015