''Limonium gmelini'', the Siberian statice, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family. Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow ...

, native to east-central and southeastern Europe, Russia, the north Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, parts of Siberia, Xinjiang, and Mongolia. A widespread

halophytic A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. ...

species, it is found growing in seeps, meadows, steppes, roadsides, and wastelands, as long as they are saline. The unimproved species is available from commercial suppliers, and there are a number of cultivars, including 'Ste10', and 'Perestrojka'. The

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...

considers this clump-forming perennial's "smoky-blue, long-lasting flowers" to be "very attractive" to pollinators.

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gmelini Halophytes Garden plants Flora of Czechoslovakia Flora of Hungary Flora of Southeastern Europe Flora of Ukraine Flora of the Crimean Peninsula Flora of Central European Russia Flora of South European Russia Flora of East European Russia Flora of the East Aegean Islands Flora of the North Caucasus Flora of Turkey Flora of Iran Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of Kyrgyzstan Flora of Siberia Flora of Xinjiang Flora of Mongolia Plants described in 1891 {{Caryophyllales-stub