Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm.

Native to:

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

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, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, Free State, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, 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, Yakutiya, Yukon

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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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 Genera starting with letter G: 1-40325. [Cited as Vaccaria parviflora.]

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