Keivan Safikhani - Natural Resources Research Division, Hamadan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Hamadan, Iran.
Mohammad Mahmoodi - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box ۱۳۱۸۵-۱۱۶, Tehran, Iran.

Dianthus pendulus Boiss. & C.I. Blanche that was previously reported from Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Palaestine, is described as a new record for the first time, from Hamedan Province in the west of Iran. Morphological description, distribution and photographs of this new record are given.

new record, Dianthus pendulus, Caryophyllaceae, Hamedan Province, Iran