Bouncing Betty Flower. Pink flowers appear early summer to early fall. Soapwort is a pretty perennial flower that bears fragrant 5 petaled white or pink blossoms.
The german s mine schrapnellmine springmine or splittermine in german also known as the bouncing betty on the western front and frog mine on the eastern front is the best known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. This plant has many common names 2 including common soapwort 3 bouncing bet 3 crow soap 2 wild sweet william 2 and soapweed 4 there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. They are usually unbranched but branching may occur near the inflorescence.
Officinalis reaching to a height of 1 metre 3 feet is widely naturalized in eastern north america.
Bouncing bet is an introduced and naturalized erect perennial forb growing to two plus feet in height on green mostly hairless stems. Bouncing bet is an introduced and naturalized erect perennial forb growing to two plus feet in height on green mostly hairless stems. The name bouncing bet is an old fashioned name for a wash woman. Its roots have been used medicinally and its sap is a substitute for soap.
