Saponaria ocymoides L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Rock Soapwort
🇫🇷 Saponaire faux basilic, Saponaire de Montpellier

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Caryophylleae
Genus: Saponaria
Species: Saponaria ocymoides

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. ocymoides subsp. alsinoides (Viv.) Arcang., 1892, P;
S. ocymoides subsp. ocymoides L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/saponaria-ocymoides.webp — Saponaria ocymoides

img/saponaria-ocymoides-2.webp — Saponaria ocymoides

img/saponaria-ocymoides-3.webp — Saponaria ocymoides

img/saponaria-ocymoides-4.webp — Saponaria ocymoides

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 652). Biotope.