Caryophyllaceae
Bouncingbet
Saponaria officinalis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Saponaria
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Common names
By language (50)
- Arabic
- صابونية مخزنية, صابونية, عرق حلاوة, عشبة اللباد, عصلج
- Armenian
- Օճառախոտ դեղատու
- arz
- صابونيه مخزنيه
- Asturian
- Fueya (de) cebón
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman sabunotu
- ba
- Һабын үләне
- Basque
- Xaboi-belar sendagarri
- Belarusian
- Мыльнік лекавы, Мыла, Мыльнік, Начнік, Палявы фіалак, Панчошнік, Пузырнік, Сабачае мыла
- Bulgarian
- Обикновено сапунче, Вранов сапун, Див сладък Уилям, Лечебно сапунче, Подскачащ залог
- Catalan
- Herba sabonera, Herba de bataners, Herba de bugada, Llanaria, Sabonera, Saboneta, Sabó de gitana
- Chinese
- 肥皂草, 石碱花, 肥皂花
- Corsican
- Sciuppuleddu
- Croatian
- Sapunika
- csb
- Gapié mëdło
- Czech
- Mydlice lékařská
- Danish
- Almindelig Sæbeurt, Sæbeurt
- Dutch
- Zeepkruid, Gewoon zeepkruid
- English
- Bouncingbet, Common soapwort, Soapwort, Bouncing bet, Crow soap, Hedge taper, Soapweed, Wild sweet William
- Esperanto
- Oficina saponario, Sapherbo
- Estonian
- Harilik seebilill
- Finnish
- Rohtosuopayrtti, Suopayrtti
- French
- Saponaire officinale
- German
- Gewöhnliches Seifenkraut, Echtes Seifenkraut, Gebräuchliches Seifenkraut, Seifenwurz, Wachwurz
- Hebrew
- בורית רפואית
- hsb
- Wšědna mydlica
- Hungarian
- Orvosi szappanfű
- Irish
- Garbhán creagach
- Japanese
- サボンソウ, サポナリア, サポンソウ, シャボンソウ, ソープワート
- kab
- Tigigit
- Korean
- 비누풀
- kw
- Sebonles
- Latvian
- Ārstniecības ziepjusakne
- Lithuanian
- Putoklis
- Macedonian
- Обична сапуника, Обично сапунче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Såpeurt
- Persian
- گل صابونی
- Polish
- Mydlnica lekarska
- Romanian
- Săpunăriță
- rsk
- Каче мидло
- Russian
- Мыльнянка лекарственная, Мыльник
- Serbian
- Sapunjača, Сапуњача
- sgs
- Moilažuolė
- Slovak
- Mydlica lekárska
- Slovenian
- Navadna milnica
- Spanish
- Flor del jabón, Herbada, Hierba de bataneros, Hierba de jaboneros, Hierba de jabón, Hierba de los jabones, Palo de jabón, Xabonera
- Swedish
- Såpnejlika
- Turkish
- Sabun otu
- Ukrainian
- Собаче мило лікарське, Мильнянка лікарська
- Vietnamese
- Tạo phì thảo
- Welsh
- Sebonllys
Synonyms
- Bootia saponaria Neck.
- Bootia vulgaris Neck.
- Lychnis officinalis Scop.
- Saponaria officinalis var. puberula Syme ex Rouy & Foucaud
- Silene saponaria Fries ex Willk. & Lange
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 6,269 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: florawhite, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roy Boyle, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chelsea Welch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.