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Soapworts
Saponaria
Saponaria (commonly known as soapworts) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is usually characterized by pink or white flowers.
40 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common soapwort
speciesSaponaria officinalis
Rock Soapwort
speciesSaponaria ocymoides
Dwarf Soapwort
speciesSaponaria pumila
Saponaria sicula
speciesSaponaria sicula
Saponaria glutinosa
speciesSaponaria glutinosa
Tufted Soapwort
speciesSaponaria caespitosa
Adriatic Soapwort
speciesSaponaria calabrica
Yellow Soapwort
speciesSaponaria lutea
Saponaria cypria
speciesSaponaria cypria
Saponaria prostrata
speciesSaponaria prostrata
Spoon-leaved Soapwort
speciesSaponaria bellidifolia
Saponaria sewerzowii
speciesSaponaria sewerzowii
Saponaria mesogitana
speciesSaponaria mesogitana
Eastern Soapwort
speciesSaponaria orientalis
Saponaria jagelii
speciesSaponaria jagelii
Saponaria pumilio
speciesSaponaria pumilio
Saponaria bargyliana
speciesSaponaria bargyliana
Saponaria bodeana
speciesSaponaria bodeana
Saponaria kotschyi
speciesSaponaria kotschyi
Saponaria intermedia
speciesSaponaria intermedia
Saponaria dalmasi
speciesSaponaria dalmasi
Saponaria aenesia
speciesSaponaria aenesia
Saponaria halophila
speciesSaponaria halophila
Saponaria pamphylica
speciesSaponaria pamphylica
Saponaria biovulata
speciesSaponaria biovulata
Saponaria cerastoides
speciesSaponaria cerastoides
Saponaria emineana
speciesSaponaria emineana
Saponaria iranica
speciesSaponaria iranica
Saponaria karapinarensis
speciesSaponaria karapinarensis
Saponaria pachyphylla
speciesSaponaria pachyphylla
Saponaria stenopetala
speciesSaponaria stenopetala
Saponaria subrosularis
speciesSaponaria subrosularis
Saponaria suffruticosa
speciesSaponaria suffruticosa
Saponaria syriaca
speciesSaponaria syriaca
Saponaria griffithiana
speciesSaponaria griffithiana
Saponaria tadzhikistanica
speciesSaponaria tadzhikistanica
Saponaria gypsacea
speciesSaponaria gypsacea
Saponaria tridentata
speciesSaponaria tridentata
Saponaria pinetorum
speciesSaponaria pinetorum
Saponaria picta
speciesSaponaria picta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.359
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.187
Garden of Health
1507 · p.315
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.712
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.331
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.79
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.199
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.190
Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants
Dominicus Chabrae · 1678 · p.701
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.142
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.143
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56155.