Caryophyllaceae
Saponaria orientalis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Saponaria
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![Saponaria orientalis: Saponaria orientalis — Herbarium specimen from Kroatien, [Gespanschaft Primorje-Gorski kotar]; Istrien Kvarner/Carnaro/Quarner Bucht, otok Krk/isola di Veglia/I](/plants/saponaria-orientalis/photos/da42f4505019d6c6-l.webp)
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Common names
By language (2)
- Persian
- صابونی شرقی
- Swedish
- Orientalisk såpnejlika
Synonyms
- Gypsophila orientalis Bondarenko
Photos
![Saponaria orientalis: Saponaria orientalis — Herbarium specimen from Kroatien, [Gespanschaft Primorje-Gorski kotar]; Istrien Kvarner/Carnaro/Quarner Bucht, otok Krk/isola di Veglia/I](/plants/saponaria-orientalis/photos/da42f4505019d6c6-s.webp?w=500)
Photo: Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Saponaria orientalis: Saponaria orientalis — Herbarium specimen from [Troodes], Cyprus. Collected by Young, D.P. (1963-07-05). Recorded in GBIF occurrence 5082977417 .](/plants/saponaria-orientalis/photos/e0def91f5a030412-l.webp)
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Saponaria orientalis: Saponaria orientalis — Herbarium specimen from [Troödos], Cyprus. Collected by Young, D.P. (1963-07-06). Recorded in GBIF occurrence 5083004399 .](/plants/saponaria-orientalis/photos/446db958ec5c2b19-l.webp)
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.