Sweet William

Sweet William a Eurasian pink widely grown for its clusters of small bright-coloured flowers. Biennial to perennial plant belonging to the pink family, native to southern Europe. It is grown for its fragrant red, white, and pink flowers.
Georg Friedrich Händel composed “See the Conquering Hero Comes” in honour of the victorious Duke of Cumberland. The flower sweet William was named after the latter in England.

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 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dianthus
sweet William, or bunch pink, or Dianthus barbatus, or sour Billy, or stinking Willie (plant)
Flora of China
Flora of the British Isles

Category:Caryophyllaceae