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Gypsophila tubulosa (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.
Family Caryophyllaceae
Common name: Annual Chalkwort

Gypsophila tubulosa (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. APNI*

Description: An erect annual herb, 5–20 cm high, branched with sticky glandular hairs.

Leaves terete or linear-subulate, 4–12 mm long, <1 mm wide.

Pedicels 6–14 mm long, erect or spreading. Calyx 3–5 mm long, with membranous strips between the 5 main green veins; teeth short. Petals pink, emarginate, slightly longer than the sepals.

Capsule longer than the calyx; seeds minute, numerous.


Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread.

On sandy or stony soil in grassland or woodland.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *NT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP
Other Australian states: *Qld Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by A. Doust (1999)l; edited KL Wilson (Feb 2014)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)


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