Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Gypsophila paniculata L.

Origin: native

Common names:

Baby's-breath [Babysbreath, Baby's breath, Babies' breath, Babys-breath] (1896-1986) (4, 5, 76, 85, 109, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Babysbreath gypsophila (Present) (50)

Chalk plant [Chalk-plant] (1923) (156)

Gypsophyll (1900?) (158)

Levant soapwort (1917) (57)

Mist (1896-1923, Eastern MA) (5, 76, 156, 158)

Panicled gypsophila (1923) (156)

Saponaria levantica (1917) (57)

Tall gypsophyll (1900?-1923) (5, 72, 156, 158)