Dianthus chinensis Linnaeus subsp. repens (Willdenow) Voroschilov.

Herbs perennial, to 30 cm tall, glabrous, rarely stems pilose and scabrid. Stems numerous, densely caespitose. Leaves pendent, linear-lanceolate, 3--5 cm × 2--3 mm, soft, midvein prominent, base attenuate, apex acuminate. Flowers 1 or 2, terminal, 2--2.5 cm in diam.; bracts 2(or 4), ovate, slightly shorter than or subequaling calyx, apex subulate. Calyx sometimes purplish, cylindric, 1.2--1.4 cm × ca. 4 mm; teeth lanceolate, margin membranous, ciliate, apex sharply pointed. Petal claw 1.4--1.5 cm; limb purple-red, obovate-cuneate, 1.2--1.3 cm × 8--9 mm, adaxially shortly hairy, base dark purple ringed, caespitose long pilose, apex toothed. Gynophore ca. 1 mm. Capsule not seen. Fl. Jul--Aug.

Dianthus repens var. scabripilosus Y. Z. Zhao (Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Intramong. 20(1): 110. 1989) was described from Nei Mongol. It differs only in having pilose, scabrid stems.

Meadows at forest margins, mountain slopes, river banks, steppes. Nei Mongol [Russia (Far East, Siberia); North America].