Limonium callianthum (T.X.Peng) Kamelin

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 30--40 cm tall. Taproot red-brown. Caudex thickened, densely covered by persistent petiole bases. Leaves basal; leaf blade obovate-spatulate to spatulate, 2.5--5 X 1--2 cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescences usually solitary, paniculate; rachis terete, generally 3--5 X branched, without or with few sterile branches; spike 1, terminal, with (2--)5--8(--10) spikelets; spikelets 2--4-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, 1.5--2.5 mm, glabrous; first bractlet oblong ovate, 4.5--5.5 mm, glabrescent to partly pubescent. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 6.5--7 mm, densely pilose; tube ca. 1.3 mm in diam.; limb pale grayish purple to nearly white, lobes minute, veins dark purple. Corolla blue-purple. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
Root system tap-root
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Limonium callianthum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:973285-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095280
COL ID 72DYT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limonium callianthum Limonium drepanostachyum subsp. callianthum