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Key to Gypsophila

Caryophyllaceae

Gypsophila

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1 Calyx 9-17 mm long, urnlike in shape (constricted upwards), with 5 prominent winged ridges with a cordlike marginal vein
1 Calyx 1-5 mm long, cuplike in shape (widening upwards), not winged.
    3 Leaves 0.2-2 (-3) mm wide; stems diffusely and repeatedly branched near the base and upward
    3 Leaves (1-) 3-16 mm wide; stems simple, few-branched toward the top, or much-branched
      4 Perennial; plants much-branched 1-4 (-8) mm long
      4 Annual; plants strict or few branched upward; petals 6-15 mm long