<i>Saponaria ocymoides</i>

Saponaria ocymoides

<p><i><b>Saponaria ocymoides</b></i>, the <b>rock soapwort</b><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-GRIN_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-GRIN-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> or <b>tumbling Ted</b>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-GRIN_2-1"><a href="#cite_note-GRIN-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> is a <a href="/en/Species" title="Species" class="wl">species</a> of semi-<a href="/en/Evergreen" title="Evergreen" class="wl">evergreen</a> <a href="/en/Perennial_plant" title="Perennial plant" class="wl">perennial</a> <a href="/en/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant" class="wl">flowering plant</a> belonging to the <a href="/en/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)" class="wl">family</a> <a href="/en/Caryophyllaceae" title="Caryophyllaceae" class="wl">Caryophyllaceae</a>, <a href="/en/Native_plant" title="Native plant" class="mw-redirect wl">native</a> to south western and southern central Europe.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-RHSAZ_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-RHSAZ-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

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<td>Kingdom:</td>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Vascular_plant" title="Vascular plant" class="wl">Tracheophytes</a></td></tr>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant" class="wl">Angiosperms</a></td></tr>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Eudicots" title="Eudicots" class="wl">Eudicots</a></td></tr>
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<td>Order:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Caryophyllales" title="Caryophyllales" class="wl">Caryophyllales</a></td></tr>
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<td>Family:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Caryophyllaceae" title="Caryophyllaceae" class="wl">Caryophyllaceae</a></td></tr>
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<td>Genus:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Saponaria" title="Saponaria" class="wl"><i>Saponaria</i></a></td></tr>
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<td>Species:</td>
<td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>S.<span>&nbsp;</span>ocymoides</b></i></div></td></tr>








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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><i>Saponaria ocymoides</i></span></b><br><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/en/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus" class="wl">L.</a></div></td></tr>
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<ul><li><i>Bootia ocymoides</i> Neck. ex Rchb.</li>
<li><i>Saponaria alsinoides</i> Viv.</li>
<li><i>Spanizium ocymioides</i> (L.) Griseb.</li></ul></td></tr>


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