{"id":1582,"date":"2020-08-31T14:11:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T21:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/?page_id=1582"},"modified":"2021-07-30T08:26:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:26:40","slug":"common-babys-breath-gypsophila-paniculata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/?page_id=1582","title":{"rendered":"Common Baby&#8217;s-breath\u00a0(Gypsophila paniculata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Family &#8211; Pink\u00a0<em>Caryophyllaceae<\/em><br \/>\nLife Cycle &#8211; Simple perennial<br \/>\nHabitat &#8211; forage crops, hay fields, rangeland, roadsides, waste areas<\/p>\n<h3>Key Features<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cotyledons and true leaves of seedling resemble each other<\/li>\n<li>Greyish-green &#8220;bloom&#8221; on stems and leaves due to glandular hair<\/li>\n<li>Delicate white &#8220;puffs&#8221; along prairie roadsides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Seedling<\/h3>\n<p>Cotyledons are linear. The true leaves are also linear, with entire margins and rounded tips. The leaves emerge in pairs and appear greyish-green. Seedlings are not often noticed.<\/p>\n<h3>Juvenile<\/h3>\n<p>Baby&#8217;s-breath has a deep, penetrating root system. The plant is erect with freely-branching stems that are smooth and swollen at the nodes. Stems and leaves are covered with glandular hair to give a greyish-green, waxy &#8220;bloom&#8221;. The leaves are opposite, entire-margined and linear to lanceolate with a single central vein.<\/p>\n<h3>Mature<\/h3>\n<p>Baby&#8217;s-breath plants resemble large, white powder puffs along prairie roadsides. The many small, white-petalled flowers in an open-branched inflorescence give this delicate &#8220;puffy&#8221; appearance. Each flower develops into a multi-seeded capsule containing tiny black, snail-like seeds with minute bumps and ridges. The mature, brittle stem breaks at the base and tumbles with the wind to distribute seed.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Juvenile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/images\/MDImages\/asb\/invasiveweeds\/images\/babysbreath_juvenile.jpg\" alt=\"Juvenile\" \/><figcaption class=\"text-center\">Juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/images\/MDImages\/asb\/invasiveweeds\/images\/babysbreath_mature.jpg\" alt=\"Mature\" \/><figcaption class=\"text-center\">Mature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Flower\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/images\/MDImages\/asb\/invasiveweeds\/images\/babysbreath_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Flower\" \/><figcaption class=\"text-center\">Flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family &#8211; Pink\u00a0Caryophyllaceae Life Cycle &#8211; Simple perennial Habitat &#8211; forage crops, hay fields, rangeland, roadsides, waste areas Key Features Cotyledons and true leaves of seedling resemble each other Greyish-green &#8220;bloom&#8221; on stems and leaves due to glandular hair Delicate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/?page_id=1582\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1582","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2536,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1582\/revisions\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdwainwright.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}