Gypsophila paniculata
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Description
Perennial, usually glabrous, glaucous herb with stout, deep root-system.
Leaves narrowly elliptic, acute or acuminate, 20-70 by 3-20 mm.
Inflorescence a richly branched panicle with numerous small flowers;
Petals white or pink, 3-4 mm, linear-spathulate, at last reflexed.
Capsule ± spherical, about as long as the calyx.
Seeds light brown with obtuse tubercles, 0.3-0.4 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated), East and Central Europe present, West Asia present
East and Central Europe, West Asia. Widely cultivated as ornamental. In Malesia grown in Java.