Table 1: Morphological comparison of Dianthus marinae with two related taxa. Differential characters are underlined.

 

D. marinae

D. orientalis subsp. nassireddini

D. crinitus subsp. crinitus

Stems

45-50 cm tall, glabrous

15-20 cm tall, glabrous

 20-40 cm tall, glabrous to sometimes densely puberulent or scabrid

Basal leaves

35-40 mm long, with scabrid margins, sometimes glabrous towards to acuminate or acute apex

to 60 mm long, glabrous

to 80 mm long, glabrous

Bracteoles

6, with a narrow membranous-fimbriate at margin; inner bracteoles cuspidate, outer ones aristate to subaristate

(4-)6(-8), loose and irregular imbricate with entire or erose membranous at margin; inner bracteoles aristate, outer ones to cuspidate-aristate

4-6 (-8), with entire or erose membranous at margin; inner bracteoles aristate, outer ones to acute to mucronate

Calyx

17-18 mm long, glabrous to faintly puberulent, with ca. 25 inconspicuous veins

16-30 mm long, glabrous, with 35-45 veins

23-35 mm long, with more nerved

Teeth of calyx

ca. 1 mm long, shortly ciliate

5-9 mm, glabrous

5-12 mm long, and ciliate at margin

Lamina of petal

8-10 mm long, glabrous, deeply fimbriate-laciniate to ½; claw no exserted

6.5-8.5(-10) mm, barbulate, deeply fimbriate-laciniate to ¼ to ½ ; claw no exserted

ca. 10 mm, ebarbulate, fimbriate to below the middle or near the base into numerous filiform segments; claw exserted