Question: Garden solutions blog cannot id this one, and neither can I. Cannot find in any guidebook. I've been frustrated by …
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Garden solutions blog cannot id this one, and neither can I. Cannot find in any guidebook. I've been frustrated by this plant for a few years. Very similar in many ways (not the flower) with sand spurrey, but it is not that. In two places by the side of the road in my locale, Harrisville NH, dry places. This flower blooms early and stays blooming into early Fall. Leaves are whole, not toothed and opposite. 5 petals, pistil hard to see, difficult because of how tiny it is. hard to photograph.
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Dear dredfrost, your plant is Gypsophila muralis (low baby's-breath), a non-native member of the Caryophyllaceae that occurs (usually) in human-disturbed habitats, like road edges and fields. Best wishes.
