| Common Baby's-breath | |
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| Gypsophila paniculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Gypsophila |
| Species: | G. paniculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Gypsophila paniculata L. |
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Gypsophila paniculata, commonly known as Baby's-breath, is a cultivated ornamental flower popular in the florist trade, and originally from Eastern Europe. There are some 55 species of Gypsophila found in Europe, Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. It is cultivated in Peru corresponding to a large portion of this country's flowers exports[1]. It belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae, which includes the common carnation. Its natural habitat is on the steppes in dry, sandy and stony places, often on calcareous soils (gypsophila = "chalk-loving"). Specimens of this plant were first sent to Linnaeus from St Petersburg by the Swiss-Russian botanist Johann Amman.
Several members of the genus have roots which are rich in saponins.[2]
According to the Chicago Botanic Garden, Gypsophila paniculata is an invasive species in the Chicago region. [3]
Classification System: APG II (down to family level)
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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core
eudicots
Cladus: Unassigned core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales
Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Gypsophila
Species: Gypsophila
paniculata
Gypsophila paniculata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 406. 1753.
Gypsophila paniculata is a species of perennial plant, a plant that lives for more than two years. The common name, a name that is in general use, is baby's breath.
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The height of the species 2 to 3 feet long and the width of the species is 2 to 3 feet long. The species blooms anytime from April to August. The color of the flowers are white. The plant needs sunlight from the full sun meaning direct sunlight.[1] The species is a herbaceous plant, has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level and have no woody stem above the ground.[2]
The species is native to Central Europe and Siberia.[3]
The species is poisonous. The poisonous parts of the plant are the flowers and the rest of the plant are poisonous when they are dry. The species can cause eye irritation, sinus irritation meaning in the nasal cavity, or asthma after the plant is repeatedly handled. The plant can also cause minor, a lesser effect, skin irritation that only lasts for a few minutes.[4]
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   | ''Gypsophila paniculata'' - Gypsophila paniculata information from NPGS/GRIN |
| | Germplasm Resources Information Network - GRIN National Genetic Resources Program |
| | ''Gypsophila paniculata'' - PLANTS Profile for Gypsophila paniculata (baby's breath) | USDA PLANTS |
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