{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Dianthus repens 33526433.jpg | genus = Dianthus | species = repens | authority = Willd. | synonyms = *''Dianthus alpinus'' subsp. ''repens'' <small>(Willd.) Kozhevn.</small> *''Dianthus chinensis'' subsp. ''repens'' <small>(Willd.) Vorosch.</small> *''Dianthus repens'' var. ''scabripilosus'' <small>Y.Z.Zhao</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2764814 The Plant List]</ref> }}

'''''Dianthus repens''''', common names '''boreal carnation''' and '''northern pink''', is a plant species native to the Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) region of China, as well as to Siberia, the Russian Far East, northern parts of European Russia (Komi, Arkhangelsk, etc.), Alaska and Yukon Territory.<ref name="hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh">{{Cite web |title=Dianthus repens in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242000514 |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref name="oooooooooooooooo">{{Cite web |title=Dianthus repens in Flora of China @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242000514 |access-date= |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=2767 Eric Hulten. 1968. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories. Stanford University Press.] {{ISBN|9780804706438}}</ref><ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/13172.html&prev=/search?q%3DDianthus%2Brepens%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DQ29%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb Red book, Arkhangelsk region]</ref><ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/13172.html&prev=/search?q%3DDianthus%2Brepens%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DQ29%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb Red Book, Komi Republic]</ref><ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/13172.html&prev=/search?q%3DDianthus%2Brepens%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DQ29%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb Red Book, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]</ref>

''Dianthus repens'' is a perennial herb with many stems clumped together, sometimes erect but other times forming a mat pressed against the ground. Stems are hairless (except in some Chinese populations),<ref>Zhao, Yi-zhi. 1989. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Intramongolicae 20(1): 110.</ref> up to 25&nbsp;cm long. Leaves are linear or narrowly lanceolate, up to 5&nbsp;cm long. Flowers are usually solitary but sometimes in clumps of 2-4, with pink to purple petals.<ref name="hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"/><ref name="oooooooooooooooo"/><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/613574#page/682/mode/1up Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1799. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 2(1): 681–682.]</ref><ref>Voroschilov, Vladimir Nikolaevich. 1985. Floristicheskie Issledovniia v Raznykh Roinakh SSSR 167.</ref><ref>Kohzhevnikov, Yu P. 1981. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii (New Delhi) 18: 238.</ref> It grows in rock outcrops and talus slopes.<ref name="hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" />

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repens Category:Flora of Inner Mongolia Category:Flora of Siberia Category:Flora of Russia Category:Flora of Yukon Category:Flora of Alaska Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status