Soapwort
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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 L.
Other names: Bouncing Bet, Soaproot, Latherwort
Family: Caryophyllaceae, Pink
Genus: Saponaria ...
Soapwort
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Caution: Soapwort is purgative and mildly poisonous in large doses, and should only be used as prescribed by a qualified practitioner. Long-term use may cause gastric irritation.
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Soapwort is a small genus of some 20 herbaceous or perennial species which are native from southern Europe through southwest Asia. They have terminal clusters of showy flowers in terminal racemes.
Soapwort
(Saponaria officinalis LINN.)
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Soapwort ...
Rock Soapwort is an easy to grow perennial that forms a carpet of spreading color. Rock Soapwort produces a profusion of five petaled, pink flowers in varying shades. It usually begins to bloom in the second year of growth.
Rock Soapwort
Scientific Name: Saponaria ocymoides L.
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Family: Caryophyllaceae ...
( 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.
Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword' (Adam's needle, Bear grass, Weak-leaf yucca, Golden Sword soapwort)
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
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Soapwort has a long history as a beneficial, natural, cleansing agent.
Northern Spring Perennials
These super-hardy early flowering perennials are great in the gardens and the wild in zones 4 and colder.
Bouncing Bet (Soapwort)
Saponaria officinalis
Bouncing bet leaves contain a natural soap, and a lather can be raised from crushed leaves.
Soapwort is a relatively unknown perennial groundcover, having evergreen miniature foliage and flowering profusely in mid-spring; the variety rubra has a dwarf growth habit and exhibits darker pink flowers as compared to the species form.
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]: Lychnis officinalis
Common Soapwort [English]: Saponaria officinalis
Common Sorrel [English]: Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel [English]: Acetosa acetosella
Common Sotol [English]: Dasylirion wheeleri ...
Harvestbells or Soapwort Gentian (Gentiana saponaria) has paler flowers and the leaves have a broader tip. It is found along shores and other wet sandy areas. Agueweed or Stiff Gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia ssp.
Many species of the family contain at least a small amount of saponin, most notably the soapwort plant (Saponaria).
Nombres relacionados: Caryophyllaceae (familia), Egyptian Soapwort Root (inglés), Gisofila (castellano), Saponaria de La Mancha (castellano).
Indicaciones, contraindicaciones: Expectorante, diurético, sudorífico, depurativo, estornutatorio ...
You can also plant some of the peppery flowers of the mustard family: alyssum, Arabis, aubrietia, snow-in-summer (Cerastium), dame's rocket (Hesperis), candytuft (Iberis), nasturtium, pinks, carnation, and sweet William, Lychnis, soapwort ...
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 is a well known European perennial herb called soapwort, ...
Rock Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides)
Rockcress (Aubrieta deltoidea)
Rockrose (Cistus incanus)
Rockspray Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster microphyllus)
Rockspray Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster microphyllus thymifolius) ...
Cat's-ear, Smooth Cord-grass, Smooth Finger-grass, Smooth Hawksbeard, Smooth Meadow-grass, Smooth Rupturewort, Smooth Sow-thistle, Smooth Tare, Smooth-stalked Sedge, Snapdragon, Sneezewort, Snow Pearlwort, Snowberry, Snowdon Lily, Snowdrop, Soapwort, ...
Sinningia sellovii (Hummingbird Hardy Sinningia)
Solidago sp. (Goldenrod)
Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)
Stachys coccinea (Betony)
Verbena sp. And cultivars (Vervain)
Vernonia sp. and cultivars (Ironweed)
Yucca sp. And cultivars (Soapwort) ...
 See also: Pink, Green, Grass, Bell, Evergreen
  
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