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Bouncingbet – The Soap Weed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
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Dept. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616
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Known for thousands of years to produce a cleansing soaplike lather when crushed in water, bouncing-bet (Saponaria officinalis L. ♯3 SAWOF) is as pretty as its name. Though it has followed man around the world, it has always been an invited guest–until the 1900s, when our changing viewpoint redefined this millennial source of soap, fragrance, and beauty as a weed.

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Intriguing World of Weeds
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 221 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 Weed Science Society of America 

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