What is Gypsophila paniculata?
{{italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Common Baby's-breath |image = Gypsophila paniculata.jpg |image_caption = ''Gypsophila paniculata'' |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]] |ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] |familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]] |genus = ''[[Gypsophila]]'' |species = '''''G. paniculata''''' |binomial = ''Gypsophila paniculata'' |binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |}} '''''Gypsophila paniculata''''' is a [[species]] of [[perennial]] plant, a plant that lives for more than two years. The common name, a name that is in general use, is '''baby's breath'''. ==Description== The height of the species 2 to 3 feet long and the [[width]] of the species is 2 to 3 feet long. The species [[bloom]]s anytime from April to August. The color of the flowers are typically white. The plant needs sunlight from the full sun, meaning direct sunlight.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.mobot.org/gardinghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=H930 |title=Gypsophila paniculata 'Bristol Fairy' |access-date=2010-02-21 |work=Kenter Center for Home Gardening }}</ref> The species is an [[herbaceous plant]], meaning it has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level and has no woody stem above the ground.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modzz/00000683.html |title=Gypsophila paniculata--Perennial Baby's Breath |access-date=2010-02-21 |work=Michigan State University |archive-date=2010-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325102144/http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modzz/00000683.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Habitat== The species is native to [[Central Europe]] and [[Siberia]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Cox | first = Jeff | title = Perennial All Stars | url = https://archive.org/details/perennialallstar00coxj | publisher = Rodale Press, Inc | date = 1998 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/perennialallstar00coxj/page/154 154] | isbn = 9780875967806 }}</ref> ==Toxicity== Despite being used in c