Limonium bicolor Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 20--50 cm tall. Taproot red-brown to dark brown; bark unbroken. Caudex simple or 2--4-branched, covered with persistent petioles. Leaves basal, rarely 1--3 along axis of inflorescences, usually conspicuous to anthesis; petiole wide; leaf blade spatulate to oblong-spatulate, 3--15 X 0.3--3 cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex ± rounded. Inflorescences solitary or 2--5, each from a different leaf rosette, paniculate; main axis usually 3-or 4-angular, sometimes sulcate, or rarely cylindrical at base; sterile branches usually simple, on basal part or at forks of rachis; spikes with 3--5(--9) spikelets, axis 2-angular; spikelets 2-or 3(--5)-flowered; bracts oblong-ovate, 2.5--3.5 mm, herbaceous part ovate to oblong; first bractlet 6--6.5 mm. Calyx funnelform, 6--7 mm; tube ca. 1 mm in diam.; limb pink to pale purple, becoming white, 3--3.5 mm in diam. but apical flowers with limb 6--7 mm in diam.; lobes short and wide, apex rounded to rarely fugaciously soft awned. Corolla yellow. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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) 5-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Limonium bicolor world distribution map, present in China, Mongolia, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686662-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095308
COL ID 72DZN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Statice bicolor Statice bungeana Statice florida Statice sinensium Statice varia Limonium bicolor