The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

SWEET-WILLIAM

Sweet-William (Dianthus barbatus) is a biennial plant of the pink genus of the family Caryophyllaceae native to southern and eastern Europe from where it was introduced to Britain around 1573 as a garden plant. Sweet-William has a stiff, jointed stem that bears lance-shaped leaves in pairs, and divides at the top into a cluster of flower-stalks. The natural colours of the flowers are white or pink, but under cultivation other colours occur.
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