Gypsophila viscosa is a glabrous, viscid annual herb that reaches up to 10-30 cm with stems possessing bands of sessile glands on the internodes. Leaves are 1-6 x 0.5-1.5 cm, narrowly ovate to ovate-oblong, with acuminate apex. Flowers are with campanulate calyx and white to pale pink petals that are 2-3 times as long as the calyx and are arranged in lax dichasial cymes. The fruit is subspherical capsule with tuberculate seeds.
Mountainous Southern Sinai.
East Mediterranean region, Sinai, Arabia.
Sandy and rocky Wadis.
Annual
Height: 10-30 cm
