Saponaria officinalis, Common Soapwort - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Common soapwort, Soapweed, Bouncing-bet, Crow soap, Wild sweet William

Botanical name & synonyms: Saponaria officinalis, Saponaria vulgaris, Bootia saponaria, Bootia vulgaris, Lychnis officinalis, Lychnis saponaria, Silene saponaria

Family: Pink, carnation (Caryophyllaceae)

• native to temperate regions of Europe to western Siberia
  

• perennial
  

• 40 to 80cm
  

• flower VI to IX
  

• plant community: wasteland
  

• for butterflies
  

• medicinal plant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 1,5 gram