Showy Baby'S-Breath (Gypsophila elegans)
Description
“Pet poisonous” - Toxic to Dogs Gypsophila elegans (annual baby's-breath, showy baby's-breath) is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe. Corolla regular (actinomorphic), white–reddish–violet, approx. 1.5 cm (0.6 in.) wide; petals 5, notched, violet-striped. Corona (an additional small corolla) absent. Calyx campanulate (bell-shaped), 5-lobed, white-striped, epicalyx absent. Stamens 10. Pistil of 2 fused carpels, styles 2. Inflorescence a lax, abundantly flowered cyme. When people think about gypsophila, the first thing to come to mind is baby’s-breath (Gypsophila paniculata), with its airy, abundantly-branched inflorescence and thousands of small flowers. It is used in flower-bunches with roses and other large-flowered species and also in dried bouquets. The species is native to an area that stretches from central and eastern Europe to central Asia, where it grows on the steppe. Annual baby’s-breath, which is usually grown as a summer annual, has larger and usually whiter flowers than baby’s-breath. Its natural habitat is south-western Asia, but it sometimes escapes from gardens and jumps the fence into the Finish wild. It ha
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Caryophyllaceae
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Genus: Gypsophila
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