Bath’s Pink, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, like many dianthus species, is various shades of pink, however the name pink does not refer to the color, but the fringed flowers, which are “pinked.” That is, ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).