Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Extinct in:

Austria, Corse

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Brazil South, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, Free State, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
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An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325. [Cited as Vaccaria parviflora.]

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