Biology:Gypsophila vaccaria

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Gypsophila vaccaria
Illustration Vaccaria hispanica0.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Gypsophila
Species:
G. vaccaria
Binomial name
Gypsophila vaccaria
(L.) Sm.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Vaccaria grandiflora Walp.
  • Mill. Jaub. & Spach
  • Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert
  • Vaccaria hispanica subsp. grandiflora Saponaria inclusa
  • (Ser.) Holub Vaccaria hispanica subsp. liniflora
  • (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Greuter & Burdet Vaccaria hispanica subsp. oxyodonta
  • K.Koch (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet
  • Vaccaria hispanica subsp. pyramidata (Medik.) Holub
  • Vaccaria hispanica subsp. vaccaria Saponaria liniflora
  • (L.) P.Eliáš Vaccaria inclusa
  • Ledeb. Lychnis vaccaria
  • Boiss. & Hausskn. (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Bornm.
  • Vaccaria oxyodonta Boiss.
  • Vaccaria parviflora Saponaria oxyodonta
  • Moench Vaccaria perfoliata
  • (Roxb. ex Willd.) Sweet Vaccaria pyramidalis
  • Boiss. Prahl
  • Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.
  • Vaccaria pyramidata subsp. grandiflora Saponaria pentagona
  • (Ser.) Hayek Vaccaria segetalis
  • (Neck.) Garcke ex Asch. Dianthus inclusus
  • (L.) Scop. Steud.
  • (Medik.) Dostál Vaccaria sessilifolia
  • Sweet, nom. superfl. Saponaria perfoliata
  • (L.) Huth, not validly publ. Vaccaria vulgaris
  • Host, nom. superfl. Roxb. ex Willd.
  • Saponaria rubra Saponaria amplissima
  • Lam., nom. superfl. Saponaria segetalis
  • Neck. Saponaria vaccaria
  • Mill. L.
  • Silene vaccaria E.H.L.Krause
  • Vaccaria arvensis Saponaria hispanica
  • Link, nom. superfl. Vaccaria brachycalyx
  • Vaccaria vaccaria Pau
  • Vaccaria segetalis subsp. pyramidata Vaccaria liniflora

Gypsophila vaccaria is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native from Portugal and Morocco to the Himalayas, and has been introduced into temperate areas worldwide.[1] Among its many synonyms is Vaccaria hispanica, which was the only species placed in the genus Vaccaria. It is known by several common names including cowherb, cowcockle,[2] cow basil, cow soapwort, and prairie carnation. It is an annual herb with blue-gray, waxy herbage and pale pink flowers.

The seeds of the species are used in Chinese medicine. This medicinal is known as wáng bù liú xíng (王不留行, so beneficial at promoting circulation, even the "king cannot stay its movement"). It is used for specific types of menstrual concerns, certain types of arthritis, to promote lactation, to promote blood circulation, and to relieve some types of swellings.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/154685-1. 
  2. ↑ Flora of North America
  3. ↑ Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd edition. Dan Bensky, Steven Clavey, Erich Stöger, et al. 2004. Eastland Press.

External links

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