Scientific Name
Saponaria officinalis
Common Name
Bouncing-bet, Soapwort
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit:
Pale pink to whitish flowers in dense terminal cluster; five petals
Flowering Season:
Summer
Foliage:
2 to 3 inch pairs of broadly lance-shaped leaves that have three to five ribs
Site:
Moist but well-drained soil; sun; found along roadsides, waste places, railroad tracks
Comments:
Native of Europe that has naturalized
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