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Is the common soapwort poisonous?

Is the common soapwort poisonous? Although some butterflies and moths visit, soapwort’s flowers aren’t very attractive to insects. Mammals tend not to eat the foliage because of the toxic saponins in the sap. This plant is weedy, even invasive in some areas. Where it outcompetes valuable native plants, soapwort is a problem. The soapwort (Saponaria […]

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