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Tall Baby's-breath - Gypsophila paniculata
Other Names:  Common Gypsophila, Panicled Baby's-breath

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Non-native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNA

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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 0

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General Description
Plants glabrous and glaucous. Stems 40–90 cm. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2–5 cm long,1-veined. Flowers: calyx 1–2 mm long; petals white, 2–3 mm long. Capsule smaller than the calyx (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
Grasslands (especially west of the Continental Divide), fields, roadsides; plains, valleys (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1808

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Tall Baby's-breath — Gypsophila paniculata.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from