Gypsophila viscosa Murray  

♦ Gypsophila viscosa Murray, Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. (1783) 9. t. 3. Flora of Egypt

Annual herb, viscid, glabrous. Desert steppes. Stems up to 10-30 cm, glandular-puberulent, with sessile glands at the internodes. Leaves simple 1-6 x 0.5- 1.5cm, narrowly ovate to ovate oblong, acuminate, Inflorescence lax dichasial  cyme, Flowers pedicels capillary, 1-1.5cm; calyx campanulate-ovate, 1-1.5mm. White or pale pink petals linear, 2-3time as long as the calyx. Fruits is a capsule, subspherical; seeds 1 - 2mm, tuberculate