Gypsophila licentiana Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Gypsophila

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 30--50 cm tall, glabrous. Stems caespitose, distally branched, straight, slender. Leaves linear, 1--3 cm × ca. 1 mm, subfleshy, base connate into a short sheath, apex usually acutely conduplicate carinate, cartilaginous. Cymes terminal, dense; bracts triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, margin white scarious, ciliolate, apex acuminate. Pedicel purplish, 2--3(--10) mm. Calyx white membranous between 5 green or deep purple veins, narrowly campanulate, 2--3 mm, lobed for ca. 1/3 its length; lobes ovate, apex acuminate. Petals white, triangular-cuneate, 2.5--3 × as long as calyx, apex retuse. Stamens unequal, shorter than petals; anthers yellowish brown, globose. Ovary ovoid. Styles equaling petals. Capsule slightly longer than calyx. Seeds reniform-globose, ca. 1 mm, tuberculate. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry sandy places and stony slopes. Mountain slopes, sands and field margins at elevations of 500-2000 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gypsophila licentiana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154519-1
WFO ID wfo-0000713585
COL ID 3HXWX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gypsophila licentiana