View source for Saponaria officinalis

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|accepted_name=Saponaria officinalis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 408. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Bouncing-bet;saponaire officinale
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Saponaria;Saponaria officinalis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saponaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saponaria officinalis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 157
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, colonial. <b>Stems</b> erect, simple or branched distally, 30–90 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole often absent or winged, 0.1–1.5 cm; blade strongly 3(–5)-veined, elliptic to oblanceolate or ovate, 3–11(–15) × 1.5–4.5 cm. <b>Cymes</b> dense to open. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> sometimes double; calyx green or reddish, often cleft, 15–25 mm, glabrous or rarely with scattered trichomes; petals pink to white, often drying to dull purple, blade 8–15 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ca. 15–20 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1.6–2 mm wide. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Waste places, streamsides, fields, roadsides
|elevation=0-2600 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;introduced in Mexico;South America;Asia (India);Africa (Egypt);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Saponaria officinalis</i>, long cultivated for its showy flowers, is a widely naturalized, sometimes troublesome weed. It may persist for years about abandoned home sites. “Double”-flowered horticultural forms, which may lack functional stamens, also occur in the wild, where locally they may be as common as, or even more common than, “single”-flowered forms.</p><!--
--><p>In former times, the leaves of this species were gathered and either soaked or boiled in water, the resulting liquid being used for washing as a liquid soap. Because of its saponin content, the species can be poisonous upon ingestion, in much the same manner as <i>Agrostemma githago</i>.</p>
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name=Saponaria officinalis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Waste places, streamsides, fields, roadsides
|elevation=0-2600 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;introduced in Mexico;South America;Asia (India);Africa (Egypt);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Saponaria
|species=Saponaria officinalis
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