Limonium leptolobum Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 20--45 cm tall. Taproot red-brown; bark unbroken. Caudex enlarged with age. Leaves basal, persistent to anthesis; petiole slender, basally 0.5--2 mm wide; leaf blade spatulate to lanceolate-obovate, (1.2--)2--6 X 0.5--1.5 cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex obtuse to rounded. Inflorescences 2--15, corymbose forming a capitulum; rachis dichotomously 4--6 X branched; sterile branches few, simple; spikes short, 2 or 3 clustered on apical part of branch, each spike with 3--7(--9) spikelets; spikelets 2-or 3(or 4)-flowered; bracts ovate to obovate, 2.5--3 mm; first bractlet 5.5--6 mm. Calyx funnelform, 6.5--8 mm; tube ca. 1 mm in diam.; limb pale purple to pink, becoming white; lobes apically plicate and acuminate, rarely extended and obtuse, with a persistent arista. Corolla yellow. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.23 - 0.43
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 -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
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 -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Limonium leptolobum world distribution map, present in China and Kazakhstan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686839-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095234
COL ID 72DRC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limonium leptolobum Statice leptoloba Statice leptoloba var. subaphylla