Saponaria Saponaria, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 185

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Saponaria Saponaria
status

 

9. S. officinalis L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 408 (1753).

Perennial; stems 30- 90 cm, erect, usually glabrous, simple or branched above. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-veined, acute. Inflorescence condensed, with opposite branches bearing few-flowered dichasia; flowers large, shortly pedicellate, usually flesh-coloured. Calyx c. 20 mm, glabrous or rarely hairy, green or reddish; teeth triangular, acute. Limb of petal c. 10 mm, more or less entire. 2« = 28. Europe, from Belgium, N. Germany and C. Russia southwards; frequently cultivated, often as a variant flore pleno, and naturalized in many places in the north. Al Au Be BI Bu Co CrCzGaGeGrHeHsHuItJuLuPoRmRs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu [*Br D a Fe H b N o *Rs (B) Su],

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Saponaria

Loc

Saponaria Saponaria

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

S. officinalis

L. 1753: 408
1753
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