Saponaria officinalis

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Noun1.Saponaria officinalis - plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruisedSaponaria officinalis - plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Saponaria, Saponaria - mostly perennial Old World herbs
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The two most common are Saponaria officinalis, a 24-inch-tall upright perennial that spreads rapidly by rhizomes, and the low-growing S.
The remaining species found growing through the mounds included four additional perennial species with importance values lower that 7.5, and included the exotic Saponaria officinalis.
The eight plant species used in this analysis were Coronilla varia, Impatiens capensis, Lathyrus latifolius, Leonurus cardiaca, Lonicera japonica, Nepeta cataria, Saponaria officinalis, and Trifolium pratense, and the six fungi used were Aureobasidium pullulans, Metschnikowia aff.
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