''Limonium'' is a genus of 120

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the

lavender ''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and easte ...

s or to

rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native plant, native to the Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was kn ...

. They are instead in

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 as ...

, the plumbago or leadwort family. The generic name is from the Latin ', used by

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for a wild plant and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek ' (, ‘meadow’).

Distribution

The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution in

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and

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. By far the greatest diversity (over 100 species) is in the area stretching from the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

east through the

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region to central Asia; for comparison, North America only has three native ''Limonium'' species.

Description

Sea-lavenders normally grow as

herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

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s, growing 10–70 cm tall from a

rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

; a few (mainly from the Canary Islands) are

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s up to 2 metres tall. Many species flourish in saline soils, and are therefore common near

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s and in

salt marsh A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is dominated ...

es, and also on saline,

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and

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soils in continental interiors. The

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

are simple, entire to lobed, and from 1–30 cm long and 0.5–10 cm broad; most of the leaves are produced in a dense basal rosette, with the flowering stems bearing only small brown scale-leaves (

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

s). The

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s are produced on a branched

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

corymb Corymb is a botanical term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level. A corymb has a flattish top with a superficial re ...

, the individual flowers are small (4–10 mm long) with a five-lobed calyx and corolla, and five

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s; the flower colour is pink or violet to purple in most species, white or yellow in a few. Many of the species are

apomictic In botany, apomixis is asexual reproduction without fertilization. Its etymology is Greek for "away from" + "mixing". This definition notably does not mention meiosis. Thus "normal asexual reproduction" of plants, such as propagation from cuttin ...

. The

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

is a small capsule containing a single

seed A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...

, partly enclosed by the persistent calyx.

Features

Several species are popular

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

flowers; they are generally known to gardeners as ''statices''. They are grown both for their flowers and for the appearance of the calyx, which remains on the plant after the true flowers have fallen, and are known as "everlasting flowers".

Species

There are between 120-150 species in the genus, many of them local

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species with a very restricted range. Species not given a common name here are generally referred to simply as "sea-lavender", "statice," or "marsh-rosemary". *''

Limonium aragonense ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (

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, endemic) *''

Limonium arboreum ''Limonium arboreum'' is a species of sea lavender known by the common name tree limonium and siempreviva. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is a plant of coastal habitat. Description This is a tough perennial herb growing from a wood ...

'' (tree limonium or ''Statice arborca'';

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, endemic) *'' Limonium aureum'' (central Asia:

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, northwest

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) *'' Limonium auriculaeursifolium'' (Alderney sea-lavender; southwest

, northwest Africa) *'' Limonium australe'' (

) *'' Limonium bellidifolium'' (matted sea-lavender; Europe, southwest Asia) *'' Limonium bicolor'' (Mongolia, northwest China) *''

Limonium binervosum ''Limonium binervosum'', commonly known as rock sea-lavender, is an aggregate species in the family Plumbaginaceae. Despite the common name, rock sea-lavender is not related to the lavenders or to rosemary but is a perennial herb with small vio ...

'' (rock sea-lavender; western Europe) *''

Limonium bourgaei ''Limonium bourgeaui'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. A herbaceous perennial and subshrub, it is morphologically similar to but genetically distinct from ...

'' (

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, endemic) *''

Limonium brassicifolium ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (Canary Islands, Statice brassicifolia) *'' Limonium braunii'' (Cape Verde) *'' Limonium brunneri'' (Cape Verde) *'' Limonium caesium'' (western Mediterranean) *'' Limonium californicum'' (California sea-lavender; western

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) *'' Limonium callianthum'' (western China:

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) *'' Limonium cancelatum'' (eastern Mediterranean

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) *'' Limonium carolinianum'' (Carolina sea-lavender; eastern North America,

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and

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; syn. ''L. angustatum, L. nashii'') *'' Limonium caspium'' (central Europe east to central Asia) *'' Limonium chrysocomum'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium confusum'' (western Mediterranean) *'' Limonium congestum'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium coralloides'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium cordatum'' (central Mediterranean) *''

Limonium cosyrense ''Limonium cosyrense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to Malta and Pantelleria Pantelleria (; Sicilian: ''Pantiddirìa'', Maltese: ''Pantellerija'' or ''Qawsra''), the ancient Cossyra or Cossura, is an ...

'' (eastern Mediterranean) *''

Limonium delicatulum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (western Mediterranean) *''

Limonium dichroanthum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium dielsianum'' (western China:

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) *'' Limonium dregeanum'' (Natal statice;

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) *'' Limonium echioides'' (Mediterranean) *'' Limonium emarginatum'' (southern

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, northern Morocco) *''

Limonium ferulaceum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (western Mediterranean) *''

Limonium flexuosum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium franchetii'' (east coastal China) *'' Limonium fruticans'' (Tenerife, endemic) *'' Limonium gmelinii'' (eastern Europe, northern Asia, Siberia) *''

Limonium gougetianum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (western Mediterranean) *''

Limonium humile ''Limonium humile'' is a species of sea lavender known by the common name lax-flowered sea-lavender. References humile Taxa named by Philip Miller {{Caryophyllales-stub ...

'' (lax-flowered sea-lavender; northwest Europe) *'' Limonium imbricatum'' (Tenerife, endemic) *'' Limonium insigne'' (southeast Spain, endemic) *''

Limonium jovibarba ''Limonium jovibarba'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales ...

'' (Cape Verde) *'' Limonium kaschgaricum'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium iranicum'' (Iran) *'' Limonium lacostei'' (western China,

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) *'' Limonium leptolobum'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium leptostachyum'' (statice; central Asia) *'' Limonium lilacinum'' (central Turkey, endemic) *'' Limonium limbatum'' (Transpecos sea-lavender; interior southwest United States) *''

Limonium lobinii ''Limonium lobinii'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales ...

'' (Cape Verde) *''

Limonium macrophyllum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (Tenerife) Limonium scabrum00

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Limonium macropterum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (Canary Islands) *'' Limonium macrorhabdos'' (

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Limonium melitensis ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (

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) *'' Limonium minutum'' (southeast

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, endemic) *'' Limonium mouretii'' (

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

) *'' Limonium multiflorum'' (western

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, endemic) *'' Limonium myrianthum'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium narbonense'' (Southern Europe, North Africa, Southwest Asia) *'' Limonium nashii'' (Maritime North America) *'' Limonium ornatum'' (Morocco) *'' Limonium otolepis'' (Saltmarsh sea-lavender; southwest and central Asia) *'' Limonium paradoxum'' (

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,Flora Europaea
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, endemic) *'' Limonium pectinatum'' (Canary Islands) *'' Limonium peregrinum'' (South Africa) *''

Limonium perezii ''Limonium perezii'' is a species of ''Limonium'' known by the common names Perez's sea lavender and seafoam statice. It is also known as simply statice (reflecting the former name of the genus), sea lavender or marsh rosemary (common names for t ...

'' (Perez's sea-lavender; Canary Islands) *''

Limonium platyphyllum ''Limonium platyphyllum'', the broad-leaved statice, or florist's sea lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is native to the Black Sea region; Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Crimea, south and east European Russia ...

'' (German statice; central and southeast Europe) *''

Limonium potaninii ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (western China:

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, Qinghai, Gansu) *'' Limonium preauxii'' (Canary Islands) *''

Limonium puberulum ''Limonium puberulum'', the downy sea lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to subtropical elevations of Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the ...

'' (Canary Islands) *'' Limonium ramosissimum'' (Mediterranean) *'' Limonium reniforme'' (kidneyleaf sea-lavender;

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) *''

Limonium rezniczenkoanum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (central Asia) *'' Limonium scabrum'' Kuntze (South Africa) *'' Limonium sieberi'' (eastern Mediterranean) *'' Limonium sinense'' (eastern Asia coasts: China,

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) *'' Limonium sinuatum'' (wavyleaf sea-lavender; Mediterranean) *'' Limonium sokotranum'' (

, endemic) *'' Limonium solanderi'' (

) *''

Limonium spathulatum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (Mediterranean) *'' Limonium spectabile'' (Canary islands) *'' Limonium strictissimum'' (Mediterranean:

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) *''

Limonium suffruticosum ''Limonium'' is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbag ...

'' (western and central Asia) *'' Limonium tenellum'' (Mongolia, northwest China) *''

Limonium tetragonum ''Limonium tetragonum'', the square-stalked sea lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is native to Primorsky Krai in Russia, South Korea, central and southern Japan, the northern Ryukyu Islands, and New Caledo ...

'' (autumn statice or square-stem statice; eastern Asia south to

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) *'' Limonium thouinii'' (Mediterranean) *'' Limonium tomentellum'' (

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region) *'' Limonium virgatum'' (western Mediterranean) *''

Limonium vulgare ''Limonium vulgare'', called common sea-lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Limonium'' native to Atlantic parts of Europe from southwestern Sweden to southwestern Iberia and the Azores, and introduced elsewhere. A clumping p ...

'' (common sea-lavender; western Europe, northwest Africa) *'' Limonium wrightii'' (

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) *''

Limonium zeraphae Limonium zeraphae is a species of plants in the family Plumbaginaceae (leadworts). It is endemic to Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It con ...

'' (Malta) Some species formerly included in ''Limonium'', e.g. ''L. tataricum'', have now been transferred to the separate genus '' Goniolimon''.

References

External links

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