Caryophyllaceae
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Gypsophila
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Common names
By language (33)
- arz
- بانيكولاتا جيبسوفيلا
- Azerbaijani
- Süpürgəvari çoğan
- Belarusian
- Вапнаўка мяцёлчатая, Перакаці-поле
- Bulgarian
- Метличеста мишорка
- Cantonese
- 滿天星
- Chinese
- 圆锥石头花, 圓錐石頭花, 宿根滿天星, 丝石竹, 圆锥花丝石竹, 山银柴胡, 满天星, 锥花丝石竹
- Czech
- Šater latnatý, Nevěstin závoj
- Danish
- Flerårig brudeslør
- Dutch
- Pluimgipskruid
- English
- Baby's breath, Common gypsophila, Panicled baby's-breath
- Estonian
- Pööris-kipslill
- Finnish
- Morsiusharso, Harsokukka
- Galician
- Paniculata
- German
- Rispiges Gipskraut, Schleierkraut, Schleier-Gipskraut
- hsb
- Šlewjernička
- Hungarian
- Buglyos fátyolvirág
- Japanese
- シュッコンカスミソウ
- Kazakh
- Ақ қаңбақ
- Latvian
- Skarainā ģipsene
- Lithuanian
- Muilinė guboja
- Macedonian
- Бело сапунче, Метличеста стрнишница
- Malayalam
- ഗിപ്സോഫില പാനികുലാറ്റ
- myv
- Вармань крандаз
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brudeslør
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Brudeslør, Brureslør, Brurslør
- Persian
- نفس کودک
- Polish
- Łyszczec wiechowaty, Gipsówka wiechowata, Gęsiówka wiechowata
- Romanian
- Ipcărigea
- Russian
- Качим метельчатый
- Serbian
- Метличасти шушуљак
- Swedish
- Brudslöja
- Ukrainian
- Лещиця волотиста
- Welsh
- Gypsoffila
Synonyms
- Arrostia paniculata Raf.
- Gypsophila effusa Tausch
- Gypsophila hungarica Borbás
- Gypsophila paniculata var. adenopoda Borbás ex Hallier
- Gypsophila paniculata var. paniculata
- Gypsophila parviflora Moench
- Gypsophila tatarica Gueldenst.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 210 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jason Orabella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Z, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Denis Ibaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:XRiffRaffx, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Close-up_of_baby's_breath_, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sean Grasing, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Gypsophila
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- Gypsophila fastigiataCaryophyllaceae
- Perfoliate baby's-breathGypsophila perfoliataCaryophyllaceae
- Gypsophila altissimaCaryophyllaceae
- Oldham's baby's-breathGypsophila oldhamianaCaryophyllaceae
- Gypsophila struthiumCaryophyllaceae
- Gypsophila bicolorCaryophyllaceae
- Gypsophila petraeaCaryophyllaceae
- Gypsophila uralensisCaryophyllaceae
- Sharpleaf baby's-breathGypsophila acutifoliaCaryophyllaceae
- Gypsophila aretioidesCaryophyllaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.