Common Name: bouncing bet, soapwortScientific Name: Saponaria officinalis L.Family Name: Caryophyllaceae - Pink FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Stemsupright, stout, hollow, single or multiple from base, sparsely branched, smooth, prominent swollen nodes Leavesopposite, oval to lanceolate, short stalked or sessile, margin entire and often wavy, smooth, three prominent parallel veins Flowers5-petaled, white to pink sometimes rose, petal tips notched, fragrant, sepals united to form tube; tight clusters terminal and axillary above