Perennial, very variable. Leaves ciliate at base and scabrous at margin. Inflorescence loose, more or less branching. Scales of calyx pale, membranous, briefly aristate. Calyx conical-cylindrical, slightly tapered at apex, greenish-white, sometimes tinged with purple. Striations often limited to the apex of teeth and to some bands below sinuses. Petals pink, lamina fan-shaped, denticulate, marked with dots which gave the plant its name.
Dianthus strictus var. axilliflorus(Fenzl) Eig (synonyms D. axilliflorusFenzl, D. bitlisianusKotschy ex Boiss., D. multipunctatus var. axilliflorus(Fenzl) Boiss.) – southeastern Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and northwestern Iran[5]
Dianthus strictus subsp. multipunctatus(Ser.) Mouterde ex Greuter & Burdet (synonyms D. lineolatusBové ex Delile and D. multipunctatusSer.) – western Crete, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon and Syria, and Sinai Peninsula.[6]
Dianthus strictus subsp. strictus (synonyms D. halepensisBornm., D. multipunctatus var. micranthusBoiss., D. multipunctatus var. subenervisBoiss., D. polycladus var. glomeratusBornm., D. quadrilobusBoiss., D. striatellusFenzl, D. strictus var. micranthus(Boiss.) Eig, D. strictus var. subenervis(Boiss.) Eig, D. sulcatusBoiss.) Turkey, the Levant, Iraq, and Iran[7]
Dianthus strictus subsp. sublaevisD.F.Chamb. – Saudi Arabia and Yemen[8]
Dianthus strictus subsp. troodi(Post) B.F.Osoriol & Seraphim ex Greuter & Burdet (synonyms D. multipunctatus var. troodiPost, D. strictus var. troodi(Post) S.S.Hooper) – western Cyprus[9]
Dianthus strictus subsp. velutinus(Boiss.) Mouterde ex Greuter & Burdet (synonyms D. multipunctatus var. velutinusBoiss., Dianthus strictus var. velutinus(Boiss.) Eig) – Israel, Syria, and northern and northeastern Iraq[10]
References
^"Dianthus strictus Banks & Sol". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved October 16, 2022.