Burke: Saponaria officinalis vs. Saponaria

	Saponaria officinalis	Saponaria
	bouncing-bet	soapwort
Habit	Glabrous, rhizomatous, leafy perennial forming large clumps, the several simple stems 4-9 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves opposite, entire, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4-10 cm. long and 1.5-4 cm. broad, the cauline up to 20 pairs, short-petiolate or the upper sessile.
Flowers	Flowers fragrant, often double, in a congested inflorescence; calyx tubular, 5-lobed, 15-20 mm. long, 20-nerved, often deeply cleft in 1-2 places; corolla white to pink, the claw equal to the calyx, the blade 10-15 mm. long, obovate, with 2 linear appendages near the base; stamens 10; styles 2.
Fruits	Capsule 1-celled.

	Saponaria officinalis	Saponaria
Flowering time	June-September
Habitat	Rocky stream corridors, forest edge, roadsides, and other disturbed, open areas from low to moderate elevations.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	[BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from Europe	Introduced
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	S. ocymoides
Subordinate taxa		S. ocymoides, S. officinalis
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Saponaria officinalis

Saponaria

bouncing-bet

soapwort

Habit

Glabrous, rhizomatous, leafy perennial forming large clumps, the several simple stems 4-9 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves opposite, entire, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4-10 cm. long and 1.5-4 cm. broad, the cauline up to 20 pairs, short-petiolate or the upper sessile.

Flowers

Flowers fragrant, often double, in a congested inflorescence;

calyx tubular, 5-lobed, 15-20 mm. long, 20-nerved, often deeply cleft in 1-2 places;

corolla white to pink, the claw equal to the calyx, the blade 10-15 mm. long, obovate, with 2 linear appendages near the base;

stamens 10;

styles 2.

Fruits

Capsule 1-celled.