Limonium dregeanum Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Tufted perennial becoming woody, sometimes with base of old scapes subpersistent. Leaves linear-spathulate, rarely linear or oblanceolate, 1-4 cm long, 1.5-5 mm broad, obtuse, mucronate. tapered to the base and stem-clasping. Scape 5-25 cm tall, more or less scabrid with minute raised pits freely or sparsely set; bracts short, subtriangular, sheathing, acute or obtuse; the fertile branches terminating in spikes of a few spikelets. Spikelets (2-)3-8-flowered with the flowers developing successively and rarely more than 2 corollas open at the same time; bracts 3-3.5 mm long, obtuse, with whitish membranous margin; flowers pedicellate, pedicels persistent, truncate, 0.75-1.5 mm long. Calyx 4 mm long usually with a few hairs on the tube between the ribs, with white, obtusely 5-lobed limb. Petals lilac to pale pink, oblong-spathulate, longer than calyx. Stamens attached near the base of the petals with oblong anthers divided halfway. Ovary 5-angled above with the 5 filiform free styles bent down in bud and later exserted.
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Tufted dwarf shrub, 0.18-0.30 m high, becoming woody; bases of old scapes subpersistent. Leaves in basal rosettes, linear-spathulate, 10-40 mm long. Inflorescence a laxly branched corymb, spikelets 3-8-flowered; bracts with membranous margins but not becoming white-membranous throughout with age, sheathing, acute or obtuse; branchlets only slightly tuberculate. Flowers with persistent pedicels. Calyx 4 mm long, sparsely hairy on tube between ribs; limb white, obtusely 5-lobed. Petals 5, lilac to pale pink, longer than calyx, oblong-spathulate. Ovary 5-angled; 5 free styles, bent down in bud, later exserted. Flowering time Aug.-Dec.
Dwarf shrub, 0.18-0.30 m high. Leaves stem-clasping; blade linear-spathulate, 10-40 x 1.55.0 mm, apex obtuse, mucronate. Flowers: in 3-8-flowered spikelets with flowers developing successively; bracts 3.0-3.5 mm long, margins membranous; pedicellate, pedicels 0.751.50 mm long; calyx with limb obtusely 5-lobed, tube ribbed with some hairs between ribs; petals longer than calyx, lilac to pale pink; Sep.-Apr.
Broom-like, perennial herb to subshrub, up to 300 mm tall, branches arising from a thick woody tap root, often splitting from base into new clones. Leaves in a basal rosette, ± linear-spathulate, 10-40 mm long. Flowers numerous, inconspicuous, lavender to pale pink, calyx whitish.
Like L. scabrum but older flowers in spikelets pedicellate.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.3
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 4-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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 -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Limonium dregeanum world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686746-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095181
COL ID 72DN5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limonium dregeanum