Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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2503.000 Saponaria
Description of the genus
Perennial herb (ours). Stipules 0. Leaves opposite. Flowers showy, in compact, terminal corymbs. Sepals fused below into a tube, 5-toothed above. Petals 5, with a long claw and an entire or slightly emarginate, limb, with 2 small blunt scales present at base. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule many-seeded, opening by 4(-5) ± unequal teeth. Worldwide: 40 species in temperate Europe and Asia Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Species | Content |
| officinalis L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Saponaria:
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Flora of Malawi: cultivated SaponariaFlora of Zimbabwe: Saponaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SaponariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Saponaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Saponaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Saponaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Saponaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Saponaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Saponaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Saponaria
Plants of the World Online: Saponaria
Tropicos: Saponaria
Wikipedia: Saponaria
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