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Common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Habitat:

Sandy riverside

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3 Comments

AmberLundeen
AmberLundeen 12 years ago

Looks like Bouncing Bet -Saponaria officinalis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Soap...

Behn
Behn 12 years ago

hmm, one description states that plants in the pink family (which silene is a part of) have flowers whose "petals are fringed or deeply cleft at the end". This petals don't seem to fit that description to me.

MiguelDelSol
MiguelDelSol 12 years ago

species of silene. maybe bladder campion

Behn
Spotted by
Behn

Washington, USA

Spotted on Sep 4, 2011
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011

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