(First upload on October 24 2014. Last on November 1 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Caryophyllaceae (ナデシコ科) > Saponaria officinalis
Saponaria L. (サボンソウ)Sabonsou (サボンソウ/シャボンソウ, 石鹸草), soapwortLifeform: perennial forb Distribution: Europe - central Asia (introduced to Japan in Meiji Era) Habitat: grasslands, riverbeds, etc. (escaped) Hokkaido Blue List: rank B |
Flower: pale pink - white Use: gardening, traditionally used for soap and medicie (saponin in the roots) Cultivars: double-flowered, etc. var. plena Hort. (ヤエサボンソウ), double-flowered, when established |
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[1] on a sandbar near Kariki Bridge along Toyohira River, Sapporo, on July 14 2020. [2/3] at a roadside, N11/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 24 2014. [4-6] in a flower bed under a street tree on N11/W5, North Ward, Sapporo, on July 20 2016.
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[1-3] under a street tree in N17/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 31 2021.
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[1-3] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on August 25 2022.