Scientific Name
Saponaria officinalis

Common Name
Bouncing-bet, Soapwort
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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