Flowers; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flowers; Botanical Garden, Potsdam, Germany; 10/2007 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden, Potsdam, Germany; 10/2007 © Sonja Germer
Identifier: 666 Date of entry: 14.10.2007 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Creeping baby's-breath
German: Kriechendes Gipskraut
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (39)(family description)
Genus: Gypsophila (2)
Epithet: repens L. (7)
repens => creeping and rooting
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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