Dianthus seguieri subsp. requienii SEEDS

Dianthus seguieri subsp. requienii seeds grow into Seguier’s pink a perennial subshrub native to the temperate biome of the Pyrenees and Alps, found in southern Europe including Spain, France and Italy. Described by Villars (Dominique Villars, 17451814, French botanist and author of a celebrated flora of Dauphin). Named after Jean-Franois Sguier (17031784), French botanist and scholar from Nmes who corresponded with Linnaeus. Subspecies requienii named after Esprit Requien (17881851), French botanist who documented the flora of southern France and Corsica. Produces pink flowers with purple central markings, to 2560 cm, from June to September. Family Caryophyllaceae.

Full sun; well-drained, rocky or calcareous soils; cool temperate montane conditions of the Pyrenees-Alps.

• Named after Sguier (17031784, Nmes botanist, Linnaeus correspondent); Villars (17451814)
• Subsp. requienii named after Esprit Requien (17881851, Corsica/S. France botanist)
• Pyrenees to Alps temperate biome; rocky and calcareous mountain slopes; JunSep flowering
• Genus Dianthus ~300 species; Family Caryophyllaceae
• Full sun; rocky calcareous soils; cool temperate montane; Family Caryophyllaceae

Dianthus seguieri subsp. requienii is Sguier’s pink bearing the name of a Nmes botanist who corresponded with Linnaeus and preserving in its subspecific name a second botanist (Requien) who documented the flora of southern France and Corsica, a mountain pink of the European Alps whose naming carries a rich history of 18th-century French botanical scholarship.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.