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Dianthus callizonus Schott et Kotschy
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The most famous local endemic of the Romanian flora, this subalpine calciphile species is located only in Piatra Craiului Mountains from the Meridional Carpathians. However the Romanian naturalists which frequently describe in their books this species as 'unique' are rarely aware that the taxon is in fact vicariant and hence closely related to the very similar Dianthus alpinus L. (see also here) from the north-eastern Alps (Austria), probably less to Dianthus repens Willd. (also here and here) an Arctic Siberian - Alaskan species, Dianthus nitidus Waldst. et Kit. from Tatra and Dianthus scardicus Wettst. of the Dinarian Mountains.Better pictures of Dianthus callizonus here, here and here. Piatra Craiului Mountains on Piatra MIca peak, 1620m asl, Brasov county, July 2010. dr. Mihai Puscas, mihai.puscas@yahoo.com
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