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Limonium carolinianum Britton

Carolina sea lavender (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Leaves all in basal rosettes, living at anthesis, 5-25(-40) cm; petiole often narrowly winged distally, 0.1-20 cm, usually shorter than blade; blade usually elliptic, spatulate, or obovate to oblanceolate (rarely linear), 5-15(-30) × 0.5-5(-7.5) cm, leathery, base gradually tapered, margins usually entire, sometimes undulate, apex rounded or acute to retuse, cuspidate, cusp 1-3 mm, soon falling; main lateral veins ascending, obscurely pinnate. Inflorescences: axes not winged, 10-60(-95) cm × 1-5 mm, glabrous; nonflowering branchlets absent; spikelets loosely to moderately densely aggregated along branches, internodes 0.5-10 mm; subtending bracts 2-6 mm, obtuse, surfaces and margins glabrous; flowers solitary or 2-3(-5) per spikelet. Flowers: calyx whitish, obconic, 4-6.5(-7.5) mm; tube 2.5-5 mm, glabrous or densely pilose along ribs; lobes erect, to ca. 2 × 1 mm; petals lavender (rarely white), slightly exceeding calyx. Utricles 3-5.5 mm. 2n = 36.
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Taprooted, mostly 2–7 dm tall; lvs firm, glabrous, the blade mostly elliptic to obovate, spatulate, or oblanceolate and 1–4(–7) cm wide; infl ± widely branched above the middle, with a few scale-like bracts; fls in small, sessile, secund clusters; cal scarcely surpassing the bracts, mostly (4–)5–6(–7) mm including the narrow, white, ca 1 mm lobes, glabrous or in ours more often ± strigose, especially on the nerves below; cor lavender, about equaling or a little shorter than the cal. Salt marshes along the coast; Lab. to ne. Mex. July–Sept. (L. nashii)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal salt flats.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Astringent (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Hematoptysis (unspecified), Tea (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Limonium carolinianum habit picture by Matthias Foellmer (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Limonium carolinianum leaf picture by Matthias Foellmer (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Limonium carolinianum flower picture by Myles Collins (cc-by-sa)
Limonium carolinianum flower picture by Valérie Nault (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Limonium carolinianum world distribution map, present in Bermuda, Canada, and United States of America

Conservation status

Limonium carolinianum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140342-2
WFO ID wfo-0001095157
COL ID 72DYQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Limonium carolinianum Limonium nashii Limonium obtusilobum Limonium angustatum Statice caroliniana Limonium trichogonum Limonium carolinianum var. obtusilobum Limonium nashii var. angustatum Limonium carolinianum var. carolinianum Limonium carolinianum var. angustatum Limonium carolinianum var. trichogonum Statice brasiliense var. angustata Statice limonium var. carolinianum Limonium carolinianum var. compactum
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