Saponaria officinalis L.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Wisconsin

• County/Municipio

  Grant Co.

• Locality

  10.5 km NW of Fennimore, along Collins Road, 150-300 m S and SW of junction with county Hwy. K, flat valley bottom of the Big Green River.

• Elevation

  Alt. 225 m. (738 ft.)

• Coordinates

  43.0217, -90.8086

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S.A.
Caryophyllaceae Saponaria officinalis L.
det. M. Nee, 2010
WISCONSIN, Grant Co., 10.5 km NW of Fennimore, along
Collins Road, 150-300 m S and SW of junction with
County Hwy. K, flat valley bottom of the Big Green River.
43°01,18”N,90°48,31”W. alt. 225 m.
T 6 N; R 3 W; NE% SWA Sect. 6
Unshaded grassy roadside, seldom mowed, with typical weeds,
many introduced from Eurasia, in rich, disturbed soils of the area.
With Thladiantha dubia (first collection in Wisconsin), Physalis
longifolia, Solanum carolinense, Verbena hastata, Setaria glauca,
S. faberi, Chenopodium album; Amaranthus hybridus,
Parthenocissus inserta, Achillea millefolium, Ambrosia
artemisiifolia, A. trifida, Cichorium intybus, Echinocystis lobata,
Polygonum scandens, Saponaria officinalis, Asclepias syriaca,
Daucus carota, Heracleum lanatum, Pastinaca sativa, Plantago
cf. rugelii.
Flowers with light but very pleasant fragrance. Petals very
pale pink, almost white.
Coll.: M. Nee & M. Mendoza 57211 4 Sept. 2010
03266160