Ultraviolet Flowers: Saponaria officinalis

Saponaria officinalis L.

Caryophyllaceae

Visible light
(L37C)

UV light
(Hoya U-360 + B+W BG-38, SB-140)

Both images: Nikon D70 @800 ISO, UV-Nikkor 105 mm f/4.5

Soapwort has no visual indication of a bull's-eye pattern. However,the flowers have areas with low UV reflectance (stamens and stigmas) together with UV reflectance of the border of the petals create a weakly defined guide pattern.