EPPO Global Database

Saponaria officinalis(SAWOF)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SAWOF
  • Preferred name: Saponaria officinalis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Europe, except north and east. Cultivated as an ornamental and medicinal plant. Introduced in other European countries, Mediterranean (southwest), Siberia, Central Asia, Russian Far East, Western Asia (Iran), Indochina (Vietnam), Canada and USA (throughout), South America (Bolivia and southern cone)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Common names
Name Language
bouncing bett English (US)
common soapwort English (GB)
fuller's herb English
soapwort English
echtes Seifenkraut German
gebräuchliches Seifenkraut German
gemeines Seifenkraut German
Seifenkraut German
Seifenwurz German
herbe à foulon French
herbe à savon French
saponaire French
saponaire officinale French
savonaire French
savonnière French
hierba de bataneros Spanish
hierba de los jaboneros Spanish
hierba de los jabones Spanish
hierba jabonera Spanish (CO)
hierba lanaria Spanish
jabonera Spanish
jabonera común Spanish
saponaria Spanish
cindisi Italian
saponaria comune Italian
gewoon weepkruid Dutch
gewoon zeepkruid Dutch
zeepkruid Dutch
erva-saboeira Portuguese
saboeira Portuguese
saboeira-comúm Portuguese
saboneira Portuguese
saponária Portuguese
såpnejlika Swedish
såpört Swedish
vanlig såpnejlika Swedish
sabon-sō Japanese
サボンソゥ Japanese
мыльнянка лекарственная Russian
sæbeurt Danish
såpeurt Norwegian
rohtosuopayrtti Finnish
suopayrtti Finnish
sabunotu Turkish
mydlnica lekarska Polish
szappanfű Hungarian
sapunqyqe Albanian
sapunqyqja mjekësore Albanian
shkumbëza e rëndomtë Albanian
jabonera Aragonese
sabonera Aragonese
sendakaria Basque
xaboi-belar Basque
лечебно сапунче Bulgarian
herba de bugada Catalan
herba sabonera Catalan
ljekovita sapunika Croatian
mydlice lékařská Czech
harilik seebilill Estonian
bataneira Galician
concheira Galician
saboneira Galician
σαπουνόχορτο Greek
σαπωναρία φαρμακευτική Greek
garbhán creagach Irish
ārstniecības ziepjusakne Latvian
vaistinis putoklis Lithuanian
odogaci Romanian
săpunariță medicinală Romanian
белонога сапуњача Serbian
обична сапуника Serbian
обична сапуњача Serbian
mydlica lekárska Slovak
navadna milnica Slovene
мильнянка лікарська Ukrainian
sebonllys Welsh