Saponaria officinalis
( Rosea Plena Soapwort )
Rhizomatous, erect, fast spreading perennial that grows to 2' tall and 20" wide. Leaves are rough, slender, ovate, conspicuously veined, medium green, up to 3" in length.
Soapwort
Saponaria officinalis L.
Other names: Bouncing Bet, Soaproot, Latherwort
Family: Caryophyllaceae, Pink
Genus: Saponaria ...
Bouncing Bet (Soapwort)
Saponaria officinalis
Bouncing bet leaves contain a natural soap, and a lather can be raised from crushed leaves.
Index- plants in this Family
Caryophyllaceae / Pink Bouncingbet (Saponaria officinalis)
Bouncingbet is also known as Soapwort, Brusewort, Fuller's Herb and several other names. ...
Saponaria officinalis (L)
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, ...
Soapwort (Saponaria Officinalis) - This is a stout native plant about 2 to 4 feet high, with large fragrant blossoms, usually rose-pink, the double variety being best.
Soapwort
(Saponaria officinalis LINN.)
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Soapwort ...
Hierba de lataneros - Saponaria officinalis
Hierba de los ángeles - Angelica archangelica
Hierba de los anteojos - Biscutella auriculata
Hierba de los canarios - Stellaria media
Hierba de los canónigos - Valerianella olitoria ...
bouncing Bet; soapwort Saponaria officinalis
Bradford pear, Callery pear Pyrus calleryana
Brazilian jasmine Jasminum fluminense
Brazilian nightshade Solanum seaforthianum
Brazilian pepper Schinus terebinthifolius ...
Common Soapwort [English]: Saponaria officinalis
Common Sorrel [English]: Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel [English]: Acetosa acetosella
Common Sotol [English]: Dasylirion wheeleri
Common Sour Bamboo [English]: Acidosasa chinensis ...
Bouncingbet (Saponaria officinalis)
Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Chinese clematis (Clematis orientalis)
Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) ...
Species and varieties
Saponaria lembergii
Saponaria ocymoides (Rock Soapwort)
Saponaria officinalis (Bouncingbet)
Saponaria pumilio (Pygmy Pink) ...
toxins used by humans as soapy cleansers and emulsifiers, natural foaming agents valuable for everything from domestic cleansing to fire extinguishers. The specific epithet Saponaria is capitalized because it is a generic name: Saponaria officinalis ...
The soapwort, or bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis), of the family is the best-known soap plant in America; it is indigenous to W Asia and Europe but was cultivated in colonial gardens of North America and is now widely naturalized.
 See also: Soapwort, Pink, Bouncing Bet, Medic, May
  
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