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'''''Saponaria''''', also known as '''soapworts''', is a genus of about 20 species of [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]]s in the [[Caryophyllaceae]], native to southern [[Europe]] and southwest [[Asia]]. The most familiar species in Europe is the [[Common Soapwort]] (''S. officinalis''), locally simply known as "the Soapwort". They grow to a height of 10-60 cm, with opposite [[leaf|leaves]] 1-6 cm long. The [[flower]]s are produced in tight clusters on the stem, 4-25 mm diameter, with five white, yellow, pink, or pale purple petals.
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The genus is closely related to ''[[Lychnis]]'' and ''[[Silene]]'', being distinguished from these by having only two (not three or five) styles in the flower.  The is used to make a soap, and also used in the food industry, especially in the making of [[halva]].
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Saponaria (Latin, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water). Caryophyllaceae. Soap-Wort. Hardy often coarse annual or perennial erect or decumbent herbs, used for borders and rockeries.
 
Saponaria (Latin, soap, the mucilaginous juice forming a lather with water). Caryophyllaceae. Soap-Wort. Hardy often coarse annual or perennial erect or decumbent herbs, used for borders and rockeries.
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Soapworts are cultivated for their attractive flowers; they grow freely in any soil and under most conditions.
    
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About 20 species, including:<br/>
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''[[Saponaria bellidifolia]]''<br/>
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''[[Saponaria caespitosa]]''<br/>
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''[[Saponaria calabrica]]''<br/>
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''[[Saponaria lutea]]''<br/>
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''[[Saponaria ocymoides]]'': Rock Soapwort<br/>
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''[[Saponaria officinalis]]''<br/>
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''[[Saponaria pumila]]''<br/>
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''[[Saponaria sicula]]''
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*''[[Saponaria x olivana]]''
    
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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