Soapwort

“Soapwort (Saponaria), a genus of plants of the natural order Caryophyllaceæ; so called because the bruised leaves produce a lather like soap when agitated in the water. Common soapwort grows by the roadside in the United States from New England to Georgia. It is a native of many parts of Europe, and is found on way sides, river banks, and thickets; in Great Britain it is found in alluvial meadows and under hedges. It has handsome pink-like flowers."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

plant, soapwort, saponaria, genus of plants caryophyllaceae, caryophyllaceæ, soap wort

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Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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