D. zonatus Fenzl, Pug. 11 (1842).
  Perennial, 7-30 cm. Leaves 25-80 x 0.4-2 mm, linear, long-acuminate, margins thick. Inflorescence freely branched, pedicels c. 5 mm. Bracteoles 4-6(-8), up to ¾ calyx length, ovate, membranous with scarious margin, or foliaceous with aristate points. Calyx 13-19 x 2.5-4.5 mm, subcylindrical, widest in the lower half, pale green tinged with purple, especially beneath the teeth; teeth 3.5-6.5 mm, narrowed from the base, margins scarious, apex mucronate. Petal limb 5-11 mm,dentate, barbulate, deep pink with a darker ring at the throat, yellowish beneath.
1. Bracteoles more than ½ calyx length, aristate; sterile shoot leaves absent at flowering var. aristatus
1. Bracteoles not more than½ calyx length; sterile shoots present at flowering
   2. Calyx more than 15 mm; petal limb 8-11 mm var. zonatus
   2. Calyx not more than 15 mm; petal limb c. 5 mm var. hypochlorus
var. hypochlorus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Reeve in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 28: 21 (1967). Figure 3, p. 109. Syn: D. hypochlorus Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(8): 67 (1849). Fl. 7-9. Scree slopes, fields, 900-2100 m.
  Syntypes: [Turkey C4 Konya] in pascuis siccis Tauri Isaurici inter valles Tourtchaler et Ermenek, 900 m, Heldreich (K!); [C3 Isparta] in regione alpina montis Anemas, 2100 m, Heldreich (K!).
A7 Trabzon: Trabzon area, Woronow! A8 Çoruh: Artvin area, Woronow! C3 Antalya: Gebiz, 1600 m, D. 15727! C4 Konya: Ermenek, 1845, Heldreich!
  Distribution of species: W. Syria.