Bouncing Bet (Soapwort)
Saponaria officinalis
Bouncing bet leaves contain a natural soap, and a lather can be raised from crushed leaves.
SIGNS: Bouncing bet contains saponins, substances that when mixed with water produce a soap-like foam. These saponins produce gastrointestinal irritation upon ingestion.
Alba Plena Bouncing Bet ( Saponaria officinalis )
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Alba Plena Dwarf Flowering Almond ( Prunus glandulosa ) ...
bouncing Bet; soapwort Saponaria officinalis
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My gardening guru caught me transplanting bouncing bet I'd found along the railroad track into spaces between my few clumps of daffodils and iris. "If it can survive in those rocks and cinders, it's going to go crazy in your garden.
the ragged robin, or cuckoo flower (Lychnis flos-cuculi), the bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis), and the baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata).
Synonyms and Common names: Bouncing bet, sweet betty, wild sweet william, bruisewort, dog cloves, old maids' pink, soap root, latherwort, fuller's herb, fuller's grass, foam dock, gill-run-by-the-street saponary, lady-by-the-gate, crow soap, ...
Soapwort
Saponaria officinalis L.
Other names: Bouncing Bet, Soaproot, Latherwort
Family: Caryophyllaceae, Pink
Genus: Saponaria ...
Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae) - This plant is definitely a member of the "pinks" family, but I'm not certain whether it is "Sweet-william Catchfly" (apparently there are several plants that go by that name) or "Bouncing Bet" (Saponaria ...
The name Bouncing Bet is an old fashion name for a wash woman.(Olmstead) Thought it is considered toxic the Dutch used it to give a better head to beer and saponins are still used for that purpose.(Dobelis) ...
agents valuable for everything from domestic cleansing to fire extinguishers. The specific epithet Saponaria is capitalized because it is a generic name: Saponaria officinalis is a well known European perennial herb called soapwort, bouncing bet, ...
 See also: Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis, Pink, Medic, May
  
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