| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Saponaria griffithiana Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 70 (1854) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to Central Asia and n. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | glabrous, glaucous, stems ramose, leaves thick, oblong, attenuate to petiole, on margins scabrous, upper leaves sessile, linear, acute, flowers few in lax cyme |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Pleioneura griffithiana (Boiss.) Rech.f. Pleioneura silenoides (H.J.P.Winkl.) Rech.f. Saponaria corrugata Franch. Saponaria silenoides H.J.P.Winkl. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |