Gypsophila repens

Gypsophila repens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Caryophylleae
Genus: Gypsophila
Species: Gypsophila repens

Name

Gypsophila repens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 407 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gypsophila muralis subsp. repens (L.) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 46 (1894).
  • Silene repens (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 104 (1901), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Gypsophila adscendens Jacq., Hort. Bot. Vindob. 2: 65 (1772).
  • Saponaria diffusa Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 540 (1779).
  • Gypsophila prostrata All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 78 (1785).
  • Gypsophila dubia Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 23 (1814).
  • Gypsophila repens var. adscendens Hampe, Prodr. Fl. Hercyn.: 29 (1836).
  • Gypsophila repens var. montana Rchb., Fl. Saxon.: 439 (1842).
    • Gypsophila repens f. montana (Rchb.) Zapał., Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., Ser. 3, 10B(50B): 673 (1911).
  • Gypsophila repens var. alpigena Brügger, Z. Ferdinandeums Tirol, ser. 3, 4: 326 (1860).
  • Gypsophila erectiuscula Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 9 (1866).
    • Gypsophila repens var. erectiuscula (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 156 (1896).
  • Gypsophila alpestris Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 9 (1866).
    • Gypsophila repens var. alpestris (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 156 (1896).
  • Gypsophila sabauda Jord. & Fourr., Brev. Pl. Nov. 1: 9 (1866).
    • Gypsophila repens var. sabauda (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 3: 156 (1896).
  • Gypsophila repens var. prostrata Borbás ex Hallier in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 326 (1891).
  • Gypsophila repens var. archetypa Murr, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 12: 176 (1906).
  • Gypsophila repens var. dioica Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 1: 304 (1909).
  • Gypsophila repens f. pienina Zapał., Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., Ser. 3, 10B(50B): 673 (1911).
  • Gypsophila repens var. pygmaea Beauverd, Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. 37: 154 (1912).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland. Regional: Southern Europe Andorra, Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, Slovenia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 407. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gypsophila repens. Accessed: 2025 December 12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gypsophila repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gypsophila repens. Accessed: 12 December 2025. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gypsophila repens. Published online. Accessed: 10 September 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Gypsophila repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 September 2019. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gypsophila repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-2012. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• مصرى: جيبسوفيلا ريبينز
• čeština: Šater plazivý
• Deutsch: Kriechendes Gipskraut
• English: Creeping Baby's-breath
• español: Alborada
• eesti: Roomav kipslill
• suomi: Mätäsharso
• français: Gypsophile rampante
• hornjoserbsce: Łažawa łyšćica
• magyar: Kúszó fátyolvirág
• Nederlands: Kruipend gipskruid
• polski: Łyszczec rozesłany
• русский: Качим ползучий
• slovenščina: plazeča sadrenka
• svenska: Hängslöja
• 中文: 匍生石头花, 匍生丝石竹

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