Perennial Caryophyllaceae of indeterminate origin, this carnation comes from a spontaneous seedling that appeared in the rock garden, probably born from a natural cross between neighboring species cultivated nearby. The exact identity remains open: the habit, foliage, and flower evoke the group of Dianthus plumarius or close hybrids, without precisely matching any described species.
It forms a compact clump, 20 cm in height in bloom, with persistent blue-gray glaucous linear foliage. The flowers, quite large for a spontaneous carnation, are a bright lilac pink to mauve pink, with broadly fringed petals and a whitish center that accentuates the brilliance of each corolla. They succeed one another abundantly on slender, upright stems.
This natural seedling blooms easily and generously, a sign of good vigor and remarkable adaptation to the conditions of the dry and sunny rock garden. This ability to reseed and establish spontaneously is one of the most charming characteristics of this group of carnations, which thus perpetuate their presence in the garden without intervention.
It requires, like its supposed parents, well-drained soil, calcareous or mineral, in full sun, and easily withstands summer drought.