Several plants are know by the common name " muckle pinks . " Which flora you think depends in part on where you live ; the term mean unlike things in Texas , in England , in the eastern United States and in the United States as a whole . Some mountain pinks are annuals or biennial ; others are perennial .

Centaurium

When gardeners in Texas or Oklahoma have-to doe with to great deal pinks , chances are they ’re cite to one of two character of aboriginal wildflower , members of the genus Centaurium . genus Centaurium beyrichii is acknowledge as quinineweed as well as mountain garden pink , and is an annual wildflower native to Texas and Oklahoma . The pink , headliner - shaped flowers on this mount pink mould a round mass , and the plant maturate near in teetotal , stony earth . Centaurium calycosum heyday are held in a loose clustering ; this wildflower arise as both an annual and as a biennial and prefer moist soil . It ’s aboriginal to Missouri as well as Texas and Oklahoma and is also get it on as the Arizona centaury . The genus name was changed from Centaurium to Zeltnera in 2004 , but most reference , including the U.S. Department of Agriculture database , still use the old name .

Phlox Subulata

Creeping or moss phlox is one of the first perennial to bloom in the spring . Phlox subulata is aboriginal to the eastern United States , where it ’s still sometimes referred to by its older unwashed gens of raft or ground pinko . This delicately - textured , evergreen perennial shape a dumb mat and is covered by five - petaled flowers in shades of blue , pink or white-hot . The acerate leaf - like leaf are green in the summer but turn purplish - black in winter . Phlox subulata is hardy throughout U.S. Department of Agriculture works zones 3 to 9 .

Dianthus Armeria

Dianthus armeria is an escaped garden flora from Europe that has naturalized throughout most of the United States and Canada . An annual bear on to as Deptford pinko as well as peck pinks , this airy plant grows 8 to 24 in tall and has notched , five - petaled flowers in midsummer . The pinkish flowers are spotted and have the distinctive genus Dianthus toothed edge . It ’s often found in disturbed area such as along roadways .

Dianthus Gratianopolitanus

The common Cheddar pink , Dianthus gratianopolitanus ( formerly known as D. caesius ) , are also known in England by the common names cliff pinks , Syzygium aromaticum pinks , angelical pink , and of grade , mountain pink . Hardy in North America in zones 3 through 8 , these mat - make repeated genus Dianthus have white-haired - green leaf and pinkish flowers in tardy spring and other summertime . Like many alpine plants , they grow comfortably in an alkaline dirt . The cultivar " Bath ’s Pink " is specially free - flowering if deadheaded . " Spotty " has crimson flowers with white polka DoT and " Tiny Rubies " are dwarf plants with pinkish flowers .

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