Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-        Plate No. 154

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-COMMON_NAMES-Basil Soap-Wort
-GENUS-Saponaria
-SPECIES-Saponaria ocymoides
-CLASS-Decandria
-ORDER-Digynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Saponaria
-MODERN_SPECIES-Saponaria ocymoides
-MODERN_FAMILY-Caryophyllaceae
-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-red, pink or white
-SEASON- May, June and July
-NATIVE_REGION- France, Italy, Switzerland and Carinthia
-ZONE-4
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-5
-PUB_DATE-1791
-REISSUED-1796
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0645 IMG0021.PCD