{"id":1400592,"date":"2011-03-28T05:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T05:53:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:37:06","slug":"saponaria-officinalis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/saponaria-officinalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Saponaria officinalis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saponaria<\/i> officinalis<\/i> L., Sp. Pl. 408 1753<\/i>. (Syn: Bootia<\/i> saponaria<\/i> Neck.<\/span><\/a>; Bootia<\/i> vulgaris<\/i> Neck.<\/span><\/a>; Lychnis<\/i> officinalis<\/i> (L.) Scop.<\/span><\/a>; Lychnis<\/i> saponaria<\/i> Jess.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Silene<\/i> saponaria<\/i> Fr. ex Willk. & Lange<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Common soapwort, Bouncing bet;<\/b><\/div>\n
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Glabrous erect perennial herb up to 1 m tall; leaves ovate lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, strongly 3-nerved, acuminate; flowers white or pinkish, 2.5-4 cm across, in dense terminal corymbs; bracts lanceolate; calyx tubular, 16-20 mm long, green or tinged purple, obscurely veined, lobes ovate; petals with emarginate tip, linear appendages at the base of limb; capsule 1.5 cm long, cylndric-ovoid.<\/span>
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Caryophyllaceae Week: Saponaria officinalis from Kashmir:<\/a> Saponaria officinalis<\/b><\/i> L., Sp. Pl. 1: 408. 1753.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

syn:: Lychnis officinalis<\/i> (L.) Scop.<\/span>
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Common names: Common soapwort, bouncing-bet<\/b><\/span>
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Glabrous erect perennial herb up to 1 m tall; leaves ovate lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, strongly 3-nerved, acuminate; flowers white or pinkish, 2.5-4 cm across, in dense terminal corymbs; bracts lanceolate; calyx tubular, 16-20 mm long, green or tinged purple, obscurely veined, lobes ovate; petals with emarginate tip, linear appendages at the base of limb; capsule 1.5 cm long, cylndric-ovoid.<\/span>
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Amarnath Yatra : ID Requested (NSJ-02 29\/08\/2013)<\/a> : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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ID Requested. A roadside shrub (Around 2 feet high)<\/span><\/div>\n

Location – Pahalgam, Roadside<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Altitude – 6000′ (Approx)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Date – Aug 09, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Silene<\/i> species, perhaps S. armeria<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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Saponaria officinalis, a cultivation escape.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Flora of Himachal Pradesh: Saponaria officinalis from Institute of Advance Studies Shimla<\/a> : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n
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Saponaria officinalis<\/i> from Institute of Advance Studies<\/span> Shimla
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Caryophyllaceae ATJULY2016\/02<\/a> : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks, … Cultivated or wild ?<\/p>\n

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Was growing in Shimla Water Catchment Reserve Forest just 100 m below the highway.<\/span> May be wild or garden escape.<\/p>\n

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Thank you, …\u00a0 It matches 100% with Saponaria officinalis<\/i>.
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Probably an escape<\/span> …,<\/p>\n

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I have seen this growing near a helipad (surrounded by many Hotels)<\/span> in Pelling (Sikkim),<\/span> and nowhere else…!!<\/p>\n

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Saponaria officinalis<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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SK1268t 08 JUL 2018<\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5<\/span>)- around 600 kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Location<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0Kalimpong, WB,\u00a0India<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 10 May 2018<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Balgarden<\/span> on June 16, 2010- Kashmir;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSaponaria officinalis from Kashmir – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Saponaria officinalis ‘Rosea Plena’ from Canada-GS26072021-2<\/a>: 3 images.<\/p>\n
Saponaria officinalis<\/em> ‘Rosea Plena’<\/div>\n
Cultivar with double pink petals.<\/span>
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References:
\nhttps:\/\/www.growsonyou.com\/photo\/slideshow\/216785-saponaria-officinalis-rosea-plena<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.quackingrassnursery.com\/plant\/Saponaria-officinalis-Rosea-plena<\/a><\/p>\n

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References:<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2484914<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.ars-grin.gov\/cgi-bin\/npgs\/html\/taxon.pl?33108<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Common_Soapwort<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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