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awned +  and not hooded +
acuminate;acute;rounded;acute +
John W. Thieret +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
Linnaeus +
emarginate +  and entire +
3(-5)-veined +
spatulate +  and elliptic or ovate +
rarely +  and not succulent +
reduced +
cylindric;ovoid +
Soapwort +  and saponaire +
dish--shaped +
expanded +
Europe +, c +, w Asia +, Africa (Mediterranean region) +  and S. officinalis widely naturalized elsewhere +
peripheral +
from Latin saponis, soap, and - aria, pertaining to, alluding to sap +
subsessile +  and sessile +
conspicuous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stalked +  and simple +
sessile +  and petiolate +
whorled +  and opposite +
connate +
purple +, reddish +  and green +
triangular-attenuate +
swollen +
3 +  and 5 +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
pink +  and white +
fugacious +
Sp. Pl. +  and Gen. Pl. ed. +
1753 +  and 1754 +
shults1989a +
slender +  and stout +
dark-brown +
papillose +
compressed +  and reniform +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6.2 cm62 mm <br />0.062 m <br />) +
purple +, reddish +  and greenish +
persistent +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
branched +  and simple +
prostrate +, decumbent +  and sprawling +
erect;spreading +
[30 +  and 2 +
papillate +
distinct +
filiform +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Spanizium +
Saponaria +
Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae +
recurving;ascending +
divided +
15-25-veined +
terete +  and oblong-cylindric +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
pubescence of simple hairs or stalked glands +  and glabrous +