[Specimen details]

Gypsophila elegans
Family Name Caryophyllaceae
Currently Accepted Name Gypsophila elegans M. Bieb.
Locality USA. Wisconsin , Winnebago Co. : In a planting area across the S end of the parking lot at the new Piggly-Wiggly Store near the SE corner of the junction of Murdock and Bowen, in Oshkosh. 44° 1' 29" N 88° 32' 33" W
Description Flowers white, petals bifid, styles 2, capsule teeth 4' leaves glaucous when fresh; giving the appearance of simply being another weed that had been dumped there.
Habitat Possibly planted but mostly overtopped by a rank of goosefoot, ragweed, and foxtail grass; in black dirt.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector N. A. Harriman s.n.
Collection Date 16 Aug 1996
Accession Number 231123
Image 231123.jpg