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Dwarf Soapwort

Saponaria pumila

Dwarf Soapwort
Photo: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Alps, S. Carpathians
Climate
temperate

About

Saponaria pumila is a species of perennial plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, commonly known as dwarf soapwort. It is native to the eastern Alps of Austria and Italy and the southern parts of the Eastern Carpathians in Romania.

Other Saponaria plants

Soapwort · Rock soapwort · Bouncingbet · Soapwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saponaria pumila by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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