Saponaria ocymoides
Sp. Pl. 1: 409. 1753.
Common names: Rock soapwort
Introduced
Plants perennial, with overwintering leafy shoots. Stems trailing, procumbent, or ascending, much-branched, 5–25 cm. Leaves: petiole not winged, (0.1–) 0.5–1 (–3) cm; blade 1-veined, spatulate to ovatelanceolate, 0.6–2.5 × 0.3–1.4 cm. Cymes spreading, lax. Pedicels 2–6 mm. Flowers sometimes double; calyx usually purple, not cleft, 7–12 mm, glandular-pubescent; petals red or pink to white, blade 8–15 mm. Capsules 6–8 mm. Seeds 1.6–2 mm wide. 2n = 28 (Europe).
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Waste sites, rocky places, old gardens
Elevation: 0-2200 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Colo., Ind., Mass., Mich., N.Y., Oreg., Europe
Discussion
Saponaria ocymoides is a long-cultivated rock-garden and wall plant that is only rarely persistent outside of gardens.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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spongy +
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cylindric;ovoid +
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Rock soapwort +
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Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
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dark-brown +
15;75 +
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Introduced +
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Saponaria ocymoides +
Saponaria +
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