Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Gypsophila tubulosa
Common name
Annual chalkwort, Chalkwort
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Where found
Woodland, grassy areas, and disturbed sites. Snowy Mountains and the ACT. Tablelands south of the Hume Highway.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 0.2 m tall. Stems sticky hairy. Leaves opposite each other, 0.4-2 cm long, less than 1 mm wide, narrow cylindrical or flat, sticky, with long points. Flowers with 5 pink or red notched petals 5-9 mm long. Flowers Spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gypsophila~tubulosa (accessed 20 January, 2021)
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