Gypsophila pilosa, Hudson

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 184

28. G. pilosa Hudson , Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. (B) 56: 252 (1767)

( G. porrigens (L.) Boiss. ).

Stems 20-65 cm, stout, usually glabrous at base and in the inflorescence, villous or hispid in the middle, branched above. Leaves 40-80 x 10-15 mm, lanceolate, obscurely 3-veined. Pedicels 3-4 times as long as calyx, filiform, becoming deflexed. Calyx 4-7 mm. Petals about twice as long as calyx, pink or pale purple. Seeds with obtuse tubercles. Probably naturalized in Mallorca. A frequent casual in many parts o f Europe. [?B1.] (W. Asia.)