Herbs annual, 5--20 cm tall. Stems branched, proximally puberulous, distally glabrous. Leaves glaucous, linear, 0.5--2.5 cm × 1--2.5 mm, base attenuate, apex obtuse or acute. Dichasium lax; bracts leaflike. Pedicel strict, thin, many times longer than calyx. Calyx obconic-cylindric, 3--4 × 0.5--2.5 mm, lobed for 1/4--1/3 its length; lobes orbicular, apex erose. Petals pink, darker veined, obovate-cuneate, 1.5--2 × as long as calyx, apex erose. Stamens equaling or longer than calyx. Ovary ovoid. Styles short. Capsule suboblong, longer than calyx. Seeds numerous, black, asymmetrically ovoid, 0.3--0.5 mm, striate tuberculate. Fl. May--Oct.
Plants annual. Stems erect, dif-fusely much-branched through-out, 0.4-3(-4) dm, proximally puberulent, distally glabrous, or occasionally glabrous throughout. Leaves cauline, bases not clasping; blade linear, (0.2-)0.3-3.2 cm × 0.2-2(-3) mm, not glaucous, apex acute to acuminate. Pedicels 2-20 mm, glabrous. Flowers: calyx 2-4 mm, lobes glabrous, apex rounded to obtuse; petals pink or rarely white, 3.5-6(-10) mm. Capsules ellipsoid-ovoid. Seed coats minutely tuberculate. 2n = 30, 34 (both Europe).
Diffusely branched, slender annual, 5–40 cm, glabrous above, often puberulent below; lvs 5–15(–25) × 1–2(–3) mm, linear or nearly so, acute; pedicels 1–2 cm, spreading or ascending from the axils of all but the lower lvs; cal 2.5–4 mm, ± obconic, its lobes ciliate- margined; pet oblanceolate, 6–10 mm, emarginate, pink or white; fr oblong, slightly surpassing the cal; ovules 24–36; 2n=34. Native of Eurasia, found as a weed here and there in the n. part of our range. Summer.
5–15 cm hoch, aufrecht oder aufsteigend, meist vom Grund an verzweigt, ohne sterile Triebe, kahl. Blätter lineal, bis 2 cm lang. Blüten einzeln auf langen Stielen, auf die ganze Pflanze verteilt. Kronblätter rosa, mit dunklen Adern, 4
7–10. Sandig-lehmige, zeitweise vernässte Böden, Äcker, Karrengeleise, kollin-montan. M, JN, TI, GR (Vorderrheintal).
| Name | Language | Country | |
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| Gypsophile des murailles | French | CH |
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| Acker-Gipskraut | German | CH |
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| Gipsofila minuta | Italian | CH |
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| Cushion or low baby's-breath, gypsophile de murs |
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