''Limonium sinense'' is a species of flowering plant in the sea lavender genus ''Limonium'', family

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, native to coastal China, Taiwan, the

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, and Vietnam. It is a perennial reaching , found on sandy, salty shales next to the ocean. There are a large number of cultivars, with a wide variety of flower colors, created for the

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industry. Wild individuals have flowers with white

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s and yellow petals.

References

sinense Halophytes Garden plants Flora of Manchuria Flora of North-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Taiwan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Flora of Vietnam Plants described in 1891 {{Caryophyllales-stub