Gypsophila repens L.

Creeping baby's-breath (en), Gypsophile rampante (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Gypsophila

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.15-0.3m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
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°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Gypsophila repens habit picture by marco.ao (cc-by-sa)
Gypsophila repens habit picture by Fabien Anthelme (cc-by-sa)
Gypsophila repens habit picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Gypsophila repens leaf picture by marco.ao (cc-by-sa)
Gypsophila repens leaf picture by Xumei Qiu (cc-by-sa)
Gypsophila repens leaf picture by Pierre Landes (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gypsophila repens flower picture by marco.ao (cc-by-sa)
Gypsophila repens flower picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Gypsophila repens flower picture by Frédéric Gauchet (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gypsophila repens world distribution map, present in Andorra, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154602-1
WFO ID wfo-0000713708
COL ID 3HXZH
BDTFX ID 30779
INPN ID 100686
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Gypsophila alpestris Gypsophila erectiuscula Gypsophila sabauda Gypsophila adscendens Gypsophila dubia Gypsophila repens var. alpestris Gypsophila repens var. alpigena Gypsophila repens var. archetypa Gypsophila repens var. dioica Gypsophila repens var. montana Gypsophila repens var. prostrata Gypsophila repens var. pygmaea Gypsophila repens f. pienina Gypsophila repens