Limonium aureum (L.) Hill ex Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 4--25(--30) cm tall, glabrous. Taproot red-brown to dark brown; bark unbroken. Caudex thickened, usually enlarged and woody with age, becoming many-headed, usually covered with red-brown scales and persistent petioles. Leaves basal, rarely 1-or 2 along basal part of peduncle, usually withering by anthesis; petiole narrow; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 1.5--3(--5) X 0.2--0.5(--1.5) cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex rounded, obtuse, or rarely acute. Inflorescences 2 to several, arising from different rosettes, paniculate; rachis usually 4--7 X dichotomously branched and flexuous, often densely verrucose, with basal branches sterile; spikes terminal on apical branches, with 3--5(--7) spikelets; spikelets 2-or 3-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, 2.5--3.5 mm; first bractlet 5.5--6 mm. Calyx funnelform, 5.5--6 mm; tube ca. 1 mm in diam.; limb golden to orange-yellow; lobes usually with projecting veins and awned to mucronate. Corolla orange. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Limonium aureum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686651-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095225
COL ID 6QDY5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Statice aurea Limonium erythrorrhizum Limonium aureum