{{Short description|Species of plant in the carnation family}} {{Speciesbox | image = Dianthus pendulus 1.jpg | image_caption = ''D. pendulus'' in Mount Carmel, Israel | genus = Dianthus | species = pendulus | authority = Boiss. & Blanche<ref>Boiss. & Bl., 1859 ''In: Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2, 6: 28''</ref> }}
'''''Dianthus pendulus''''' is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/5206479/overview|title=Dianthus pendulus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life|website=Encyclopedia of Life|access-date=2016-12-23}}</ref>
==Description== It is a subshrub with the buds close to the soil surface. The plant is perennial and has non-succulent smooth, entire, dull green leaves. Its pink flowers are hermaphrodite and bloom from June to November.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://flora.org.il/en/plants/DIAPEN/|title=Dianthus pendulus Boiss. & Blanche {{!}} Flora of Israel Online|website=Flora of Israel Online|access-date=2016-12-23}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== ''Dianthus pendulus'' is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, it grows on rocky outcrops in Lebanon, Syria and northern Palestine and Iraq.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lebanon-flora.org/species.php?id_pl=1041&bp=let&bp_let=d|title=Dianthus pendulus Boiss & Blanche|last=|first=|date=|website=www.lebanon-flora.org|publisher=Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth|language=French|access-date=2016-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16885614|title=Catalogue of Life - 2014 Annual Checklist :: Species details|website=www.catalogueoflife.org|access-date=2016-12-23}}</ref>
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pendulus Category:Flora of Lebanon Category:Flora of Israel Category:Flora of Palestine (region) Category:Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier