carnation family

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carnation family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae caryophyllaceous plant - a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae Agrostemma, genus Agrostemma - a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles Arenaria, genus Arenaria - sandworts Cerastium, genus Cerastium - mouse-eared chickweed Dianthus, genus Dianthus - carnations and pinks genus Drypis - one species genus Gypsophila, Gypsophila - Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers genus Hernaria, Hernaria - low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves genus Illecebrum, Illecebrum - one species: coral necklace genus Lychnis - genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly genus Minuartia, Minuartia - mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts genus Moehringia, Moehringia - low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers genus Paronychia, Paronychia - low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts genus Petrocoptis, Petrocoptis - perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis genus Sagina, Sagina - small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions genus Saponaria, Saponaria - mostly perennial Old World herbs genus Scleranthus, Scleranthus - small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly genus Spergula, Spergula - small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry genus Spergularia, Spergularia - chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry genus Stellaria, Stellaria - common chickweed; stitchwort genus Vaccaria, Vaccaria - cow-cockles