Limonium otolepis Kuntze

Saltmarsh sea lavender (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 30--90(--120) cm tall. Rhizomes dark red-brown, usually apical part erect, apically becoming a thickened caudex. Leaves basal and on peduncle and rachis, withered by anthesis; leaf blade 3--6(--8) X 1--2(--3) cm including petiole; basal leaves with narrow petiole, leaf blade obovate-spatulate, base attenuate, apex obtuse to rounded; other leaves sessile, broadly ovate to reniform, base clasping, leaving ringlike scars after abscissing. Inflorescences solitary or several from different leaf rosettes; rachis 4--7 X branched; basal branches sterile; branchlets slender, numerous; spikes arranged along apical part and terminal on slender branches, with 2--5(--7) spikelets; spikelets 1(or 2)-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, ca. 1 mm, membranous except base; first bractlet ca. 2 mm. Calyx obconical, 2.2--2.5 mm; tube glabrous or slightly pubescent along one side; limb white. Corolla pale blue-purple. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
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Leaves in basal rosettes and on inflorescence axes, leaves in rosettes dead before anthesis; petiole 3-8 cm, ± equaling blade; blade obovate to oblong, 3-8 × 1.5-3 cm, base tapered, margins ± entire, apex unknown, venation not seen; leaves on inflorescence axes sessile, clasping stems, blade ± round, less than 3 cm. Inflorescences: axes not winged, sometimes angled, 40-80+ cm × 2-3 mm, glabrous; nonflowering branches present, especially in proximal part, slender; spikelets densely aggregated at branch tips, internodes 1-2 mm; subtending bracts whitish, 1-2 mm, truncate, surfaces and margins glabrous; flowers 1-2(-3) per spikelet. Flowers: calyx whitish distally, with reddish brown ribs, obconic, proximal 2 pilose between and on ribs (hairs 0.2-0.4 mm); tube ± 1.5-2 mm; lobes 0.5-0.7 × 0.5-0.7 mm; petals blue to whitish, ca. 0.5 mm, exceeding tube. Utricles 1-2 mm. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system rhizome tap-root
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
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Distribution

Limonium otolepis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Australia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686902-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095237
COL ID 72DTG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limonium otolepis Statice otolepis