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Low baby's-breath

Psammophiliella muralis

Also called Annual baby's breath, Annual gypsophila, Cushion baby's-breath, Gypsophilia, Mile-a-minute plant, Russian vine

Low baby's-breath
Photo: la la means I love you, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Europe to Siberia and W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Psammophiliella muralis (synonym Gypsophila muralis) is a species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is known as annual gypsophila, cushion baby's-breath and low baby's-breath, an annual plant principally native to Europe except the British Isles. It can be also found in Central Asia, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Siberia. It is one of two species in genus Psammophiliella.

Where it grows

It is native to temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and tropical Pakistan.

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Baby's Breath

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Psammophiliella muralis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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