Gypsophila paniculata

Tall Baby's-breath

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Species group: Plants

Found in: Noxious weeds

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Caryophyllales

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Genus:

Gypsophila

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Gypsophila paniculata L.:
Kazakhstan (Asia)
United States (North America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
China (Asia)
Canada (North America)
Russian Federation (Asia)
Mongolia (Asia)
Brazil (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Bull. Cranbrook Inst. Sci. 59. xix + 724.
Rolfsmeier, S. B., R. Kaul, M. M. Garabrandt & D. M. Sutherland. 1988. New and corrected floristic records for Nebraska. Trans. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 6: 115–121.
Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Munz, P. A. 1968. Suppl. Calif. Fl. 1–224. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2001. Fl. China 6: 1–512. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Distribution

introduced; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask.; Calif., Colo., Conn., Fla., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.J., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.; Eurasia.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Distribution

N and W Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, W Mongolia, Russia (Siberia)].

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Morphology

Description

Plants perennial. Stems erect or ± sprawling, diffusely much-branched at or near crown, 4-10 dm, glabrous or occasionally glandular-puberulent or scabrous near base. Leaves cauline, bases not clasping; blade linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, larger leaves 2-9 cm × 2-10 mm, apex acute to acuminate, glaucous. Pedicels 1-20 mm, glabrous. Flowers: calyx 1-3 mm, lobes glabrous, apex rounded to obtuse; petals white or rarely light purplish pink, 1-4 mm. Capsules globose. Seed coats coarsely tuberculate. 2n = 34, 68 (both Europe).

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Description

Herbs perennial, 30--80 cm tall. Roots stout. Stems solitary, rarely sparingly caespitose, erect, diffusely many branched, glabrous or proximally glandular pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 2--5 cm × 2.5--7 mm, glabrous, midvein prominent, apex acuminate. Thyrse profusely forked, numerous flowered; bracts triangular, apex acute. Flowers small; pedicel slender, 2--6 mm, glabrous. Calyx prominently purple veined, broadly campanulate, 1.5--2 mm; lobes ovate, margin scarious, apex obtuse. Petals pale reddish or white, spatulate, ca. 3 × 1 mm, apex truncate or obtuse. Filaments linear, flat, subequaling petals; anthers globose. Ovary ovoid, ca. 1 mm. Styles slender. Capsule globose, slightly longer than calyx. Seeds brown-red, globose, ca. 1 mm, obtusely tuberculate. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Habitat

Fields, roadsides, beaches, other open, sandy, disturbed sites; 0-2600m.

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Habitat

Grasslands, rocky slopes, fixed dunes, floodlands, fields; 1100--1500 m.

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Cyclicity

Flowering/Fruiting

Flowering summer-fall.

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Gypsophila paniculata

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Gypsophila paniculata

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Management

These species are introduced in Switzerland.

References:

Aeschimann, D. & C. Heitz. 2005. Synonymie-Index der Schweizer Flora und der angrenzenden Gebiete (SISF). 2te Auflage. Documenta Floristicae Helvetiae N° 2. Genève.

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NatureServe

NatureServe Explorer

Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.143368

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

baby's breath

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Pink Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae - Gypsophila

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Global Status Last Changed:

1994-03-22

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Gypsophila paniculata

Tall Baby's-breath

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Gypsophila paniculata

Tall Baby's-breath

Data Sources

Table of Contents

Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Distribution

Distribution

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Morphology

Description

Description

Habitat

Habitat

Habitat

Cyclicity

Flowering/Fruiting

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Gypsophila paniculata

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Gypsophila paniculata

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Canada

United States

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