''Limonium binervosum'', commonly known as rock sea-lavender, is an

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in the family

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. Despite the common name, rock sea-lavender is not related to the lavenders or to

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but is a

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with small violet-blue flowers with five petals in clusters. Eight rock sea-lavenders are

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to Britain and Guernsey and the taxonomy was reviewed in 1986 to include a range of subspecies. Wirral web site accessed 2008-05-03 Growing 10–70 cm tall from a rhizome, ''Limonium binervosum'' flourishes in saline soils, so are therefore common near the western

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s and in

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es, and also on saline,

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and alkaline soils such as found on Flat Holm island in

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, UK

Subspecies

* ''Limonium binervosum'' subsp. ''anglicum'' * ''Limonium binervosum'' subsp. ''cantianum'' * ''Limonium binervosum'' subsp. ''saxonicum'' * ''Limonium britanicum'' subsp. ''britanicum'' * ''Limonium britanicum'' subsp. ''combense'' * ''Limonium binervosum'' subsp. ''pseudotranswallianum'' * ''Limonium dodartiforme'' * ''Limonium loganicum'' * ''Limonium recurvum''

References

External links

List of UK endemic plants

Description of ''Limonium binoversum''

UK biodiversity action plan for ''Limonium binoversum''

Grid map of records on the Gateway for ''Limonium binervosum''

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3497319 binervosum Halophytes Flora of Great Britain