Caryophyllaceae
Perfoliate baby's-breath
Gypsophila perfoliata
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Gypsophila
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Текирска мишорка
- Chinese
- 钝叶石头花
- English
- Perfoliate baby's-breath
- Finnish
- Seporaunikki
- German
- Durchwachsenblättriges Gipskraut
- Persian
- گچدوست ساقه محصور
Synonyms
- Gypsophila anatolica Boiss. & Heldr.
- Gypsophila anatolica var. bertonii Gomb.
- Gypsophila hygrophila Post
- Gypsophila paulii Klokov
- Gypsophila perfoliata var. anatolica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Barkoudah
- Gypsophila perfoliata var. araratica Kit Tan
- Gypsophila perfoliata var. glabra (Fenzl) O.M.Tsarenko
- Gypsophila perfoliata var. pubescens Fenzl
- Gypsophila perfoliata var. tomentosa Ser.
- Gypsophila sabulosa Steven ex Ser.
- Gypsophila tekirae Stef.
- Gypsophila trichotoma Wender.
- Gypsophila trichotoma var. anatolica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Bornm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Katrin Schneider / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: brshedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.