Gypsophila repens, 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 : 182

4. G. repens L. , Sp. Pl. 407 (1753) .

Plant glabrous; rhizome much-branched, with numerous vegetative and flowering stems up to 25 cm. Leaves 10-30 x 1-5-3 mm, often falcate. Inflorescence usually 5- to 30-flowered, subcorymbose; bracts scarious; pedicels mostly 2 or more times as long as calyx. Calyx 2-5- 3-5 mm. Petals more than twice as long as calyx, white, lilac or pale purplish. Seeds with long, acute, conical tubercles. 2n= 34. Calcicole. • Principal mountains o f C. & S. Europe from the Jura, Alps and Carpathians to N. W. Spain and C. Italy. Au Cz G a Ge He Hs It Ju Po.