Taxon: Gypsophila paniculata L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• baby's-breath   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• tall baby's-breath   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• yuan zhui shi tou hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• brouillard   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• gypsophile en panicule   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• oeillet d'amour   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• rispiges Gipskraut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Scheierkraut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• kogome-nadeshiko   (Source: F Okin ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• belyj myl'nyj koren   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• kačim metel'čaty   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• perekatipole   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• brudslöja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; F NAmer)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Dict Econ Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide F CalifJep; F NAmer)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey [e.]
  Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan [European part, n. Caucasus, s.w. Siberia, n. Soviet Central Asia]
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
  Mongolia: Mongolia [w.]
  China: China - Xinjiang
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria [e.]; Czech Republic [s.]; Hungary; Poland [e.]; Slovakia
  East Europe: Belarus; Russian Federation - European part [c. & s.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Romania; Serbia [n.e.]

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - South Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Germany
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada, Utah
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java.
• Barkoudah, Y. I. 1962. A revision of Gypsophila, Bolanthus, Ankyropetalum and Phryna. Wentia 9:95–96.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hegi, G. et al. 1979. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 3. 2:964.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. [in note].
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands.
• Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Welsh, S. L. & G. Moore. 1973. Utah Plants.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Gypsophila paniculata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Gypsophila paniculata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Gypsophila paniculata.

Check other web resources for Gypsophila paniculata L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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