Saponaria ocymoides, Rock Soapwort - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Rock soapwort, Tumbling ted

Botanical name & synonyms: Saponaria ocymoides, Bootia ocymoides, Lychnis ocymoides, Saponaria alsinoides, Saponaria ocymoides subsp. alsinoides, Saponaria ocymoides var. nitidifolia, Saponaria ocymoides var. ruvenae, Saponaria repens, Saponaria viscosa, Silene alsinoides, Silene ocymoides, Spanizium ocymioides

Family: Pink family (Caryophyllaceae)

• native to South-Western Europe
  

• perennial
  

• 10 to 30 cm
  

• flower V to VI
  

• plant community: sandy meadow
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 2 gram