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Vascular Plants of California
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Key to Gypsophila

View taxon page for Gypsophila

(For a list of species in Gypsophila, use the above link.)

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1. Calyx tube 7.5–17 mm,  to , green, not scarious between sepalspetals (11)15–25 mm; styles 10–12 mm ..... G. vaccaria

1' Calyx tube ± 1.3–5 mm, cup- to bell-shaped, white-scarious between sepals; petals ± 1–10 mm; styles 1.2–2.5 mm

2. Sepals glandular-hairy; leaves generally 10–35 mm wide ..... [G. scorzonerifolia]

2' Sepals, pedicels glabrous; leaves 2–9(10) mm wide

3. Calyx 3–5 mm; annualbiennial, from slender taproot ..... G. elegans

3' Calyx 1–3 mm;  herb, from stout  ..... G. paniculata

 

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