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Saponaria officinalis (Bouncing bet, Soapwort)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Caryophyllaceae > Genus: Saponaria

Native to Europe, cultivated in gardens in southern Africa.

Soapwort Saponaria officinalis in the Company Gardens, Cape Town.