PLANTS Profile for Saponaria pumilio (pygmy pink)

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Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun
pygmy pink

Symbol:

SAPU13

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun

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Synonyms:
Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun

SIPU3

Silene pumilio (L.) Wulfen

Distribution:
Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun


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USA (NH)

Related Taxa:
Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 3 species in Saponaria

Classification:
Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Saponaria L. – soapwort
Species	Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun – pygmy pink

Introduced Information:
Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Saponaria pumilio (L.) Fenzl ex A. Braun

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505009.

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 03:31 AM MDT