Common name:
Soapwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Saponaria officinalis
Main flower color:
Range:
Lowland regions across the British Isles
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Waste and disturbed ground, damp woodland, verges; a naturalised species
Flowers:
A tubular, pale green calyx, shallowly toothed, with a white fringe, and a longer whitish corolla that opens to five pink, spreading, unnotched, obovate lobes. Ten stamens are exserted, and are topped by pale brown anthers
Leaves:
Ovate, hairless, untoothed, with a prominent midvein and two parallel side veins
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
