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'''''Gypsophila elegans''''' ('''Annual Baby's-breath''', '''Showy Baby's-breath''' <ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?18128 ''Gypsophila elegans''] at [http://www.ars-grin.gov/ Germplasm Resources Information Network]</ref> <ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GYEL ''Gypsophila elegans''] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database]</ref> ) is an [[ornamental plant]] native to [[Asia]] and [[Europe]].
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Gypsophila elegans, Bieb. Fig. 1773. One foot, repeatedly forked-branched, glabrous: Ivs. sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower oblong or spatulate: fls. white or sometimes (G. rosea, Hort., and in rare wild forms) rosy; petals truncate, almost recurved, 2-5 times as long as the calyx. Caucasus.—Much cult., and handsome.
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Gypsophila elegans, Bieb. One foot, repeatedly forked-branched, glabrous: Ivs. sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower oblong or spatulate: fls. white or sometimes (G. rosea, Hort., and in rare wild forms) rosy; petals truncate, almost recurved, 2-5 times as long as the calyx. Caucasus.—Much cult., and handsome.
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Revision as of 19:42, 11 August 2010


Gypsophila elegans.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Height: ⇕ 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: ⇔ 24
Lifespan: ⌛ annual
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers, cut flowers
USDA Zones: 7 to 11
Flower features: ❀ white
Scientific Names

Caryophyllaceae >

Gypsophila >

elegans >


Gypsophila elegans (Annual Baby's-breath, Showy Baby's-breath [1] [2] ) is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe.


Read about Gypsophila elegans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Gypsophila elegans, Bieb. One foot, repeatedly forked-branched, glabrous: Ivs. sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower oblong or spatulate: fls. white or sometimes (G. rosea, Hort., and in rare wild forms) rosy; petals truncate, almost recurved, 2-5 times as long as the calyx. Caucasus.—Much cult., and handsome.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

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  • photo 2

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References

  1. ↑ Gypsophila elegans at Germplasm Resources Information Network
  2. ↑ Gypsophila elegans at USDA PLANTS Database

External links


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