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Saponaria caespitosa

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Authors: DC.  

Botanical Description

Densely tufted with 4-5mm, congested, narrowly lanceolate basal and stem leaves. Flowering stem from 5-15cm tall, usually unbranched, carrying two or more pairs of leaves and three purplish-pink flowers 8-10mm across. Mountain rocks and screes in the Pyrenees.

a, S. caespitosa; b, S. ocymoides; c, S. pumilio;