Index / Search / Dianthus barbatus
§1 Plant
Dianthus barbatus L.
vernacular sweetwilliam — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Dianthus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 109 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 109 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DIBA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3085421 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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