Limonium franchetii Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 25--60 cm tall. Taproot often thick, red-brown to black-brown; bark unbroken. Caudex thickened, simple or rarely 2-or 3(--6)-branched, densely covered with persistent petioles. Leaves basal, occasionally 1--6 on basal part of main axis of inflorescences, persistent to anthesis; petiole broad; leaf blade obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate including petiole, 3--6(--15) X 1--2(--3) cm, base attenuate, apex rounded to obtuse. Inflorescences corymbose or paniculate; main axis usually simple, rarely 2 or 3(--6), stout, cylindrical, without angles and grooves; sterile branches few, usually simple, on basal part and at forks of rachis; spikes with (3--)5--7 spikelets; spikelets 2-or 3-flowered; bracts obovate, 3.5--4.5 mm, usually curved and apically 2-or 3-lobed after anthesis, herbaceous part obovate to obovate-spatulate; first bractlet 7--8 mm. Calyx funnelform, 7--8 mm; tube ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; limb pale purple, becoming white, 3.5--4 mm wide, 7--8 mm in diam.; lobes wide and short, apex rounded and usually fugaciously aristate. Corolla pale lilac to pale purple. 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) 0.25 - 0.6
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 -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Limonium franchetii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686777-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095310
COL ID 72DNV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limonium subviolaceum Statice franchetii Limonium franchetii Limonium teretiscaposum Statice tchefouensis