Gypsophila elegans

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Gypsophila elegans M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 319 1808. (Syn: Gypsophila carminea auct.; Gypsophila ceballosi Pau & Vicioso; Gypsophila elegans var. latipetala Barkoudah; Gypsophila producta Stapf);

Gypsophila, Baby's breath, Annual Baby's-breath, Showy Baby's-breath Chandni चांदनी (Hindi);

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Caryophyllaceae Week: Gypsophila elegans from Delhi and Kashmir: Gypsophila elegans M. Bieb., Fl. taur.-caucas. 1:319. 1808

Common names: Annual baby's-breath; showy baby's-breath

Cultivated annual herb up to 50 cm tall, erect, stems glabrous, forking; leaves lanceolate to linear, up to 7 cm long; flowers white, 10-14 mm across, long-pedicelled, in loose open panicles; petals emarginate, 2 to 3 times as long as calyx.

Commonly cultivated, Photographed from Kashmir and Delhi.

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2836649

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?18128

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Baby's%20Breath.html

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