Saponaria pumila is a species of perennial plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, commonly known as dwarf soapwort.[2] It is native to the eastern Alps of Austria and Italy and the southern parts of the Eastern Carpathians in Romania.[1][3]

Saponaria pumila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Saponaria
Species:
S. pumila
Binomial name
Saponaria pumila
(Janch., 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Behen pumilio (L.) Link
  • Cucubalus pumilio L.
  • Lychnis pumilio (L.) Scop.
  • Saponaria nana Fritsch
  • Saponaria pumilio (L.) A.Braun
  • Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl
  • Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex Janch., 1907
  • Silene pumila (L.) St.-Lag.
  • Silene pumilio (L.) Wulfen

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Saponaria pumila Janch". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  2. ^ "Dwarf Soapwort (Saponaria pumila)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  3. ^ Tribsch, Andreas; Schönswetter, Peter; Stuessy, Tod (2002). "Saponaria pumila (Caryophyllaceae) and the ice age in the European Alps". American Journal of Botany. 89 (12): 2024–33. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.12.2024. PMID 21665631.