Carnation family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE (CARYOPHYLLIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Agrostemma githago Corncockle Sydney, October 2008	Cerastium vulgatum Mouse-ear Chickweed Sydney, August 2006	Dianthus barbatus Sweet William Sydney, August 2006	Dianthus caryophyllus Carnation Sydney, August 2006
Dianthus sinensis Pink Concord, July 2007	Gypsophila paniculata Babys Breath courtesy of Floral Culture, Burwood, Sydney	Lychnis flo-cuculi Ragged Robin Wyee, September 2008	Paronychia brasiliana Chilean Whitlow Syney, September 2008

Polycarpon tetraphyllum Allseed Concord, January 2010

Scleranthus biflorus Canberra Grass Wyee, December 2006

Stellaria media Common Chickweed Sydney, August 2006

A number of Moth species in Australia have larvae that feed on plants in CARYOPHYLLACEAE, including:

Stenoptilodes taprobanes	Helicoverpa armigera	Helicoverpa punctigera

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013)