Common Name: pink deptfordScientific Name: Dianthus armeria L.Family Name: Caryophyllaceae - Pink FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual or biennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, rigid, branched, round, smooth to sometimes hairy Leavesopposite, sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate, margins entire with hairs Flowers5-petaled, rose pink with white dots, petals with several notches, sessile, subtended by bristly bracts; terminal clusters of paired flowers