Gypsophila muralis, L.

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

26. G. muralis L. , Sp. Pl. 408 (1753) .

Annual; stems 4- 25(-40) cm, branched, glabrous above, puberulent (often very sparsely so) below. Leaves 5-25 x 0-5-3 mm, linear, acute, glaucous. Inflorescence diffusely corymbose-paniculate; pedicels filiform, several to many times as long as calyx. Calyx 3-4 mm. Petals about twice as long as calyx, entire, pink, with darker veins. Capsule longer than calyx. Seeds with very small tubercles. C. & E. Europe, extending locally to N.W. Spain, S. Sweden and C. Greece. Au Be Bu Cz *Da Fe G a Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It J u Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su Tu.

Plants from S. Russia ( var. stepposa (Klokov) Schischkin ) have a narrower calyx and shorter white petals with pink spots.