Limonium perezii Hubbard ex L.H.Bailey

Perez's sea lavender (en), Limonium (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Leaves all in basal rosettes, living at anthesis, to 30 cm; petiole winged distally, to 18 cm, usually exceeding blade; blade round to broadly ovate or subcordate, to 15 × 9 cm, leathery, base subtruncate (abruptly narrowed) and then decurrent, margins entire, apex cuspidate, cusp to 5 mm, soon falling; main lateral veins pinnate. Inflorescences: axes not winged, to 100 cm × 7 mm, glabrous to puberulent (hairs ca. 0.1 mm); nonflowering branches absent; spikelets moderately to densely aggregated at tips of branches, internodes mostly 2-4 mm; subtending bracts 3-6 mm, acute or aristate (outer) to truncate (inner), ciliate or fimbriate at margins, surfaces glabrous or minutely appressed-pubescent; flowers 1-2 per spikelet. Flowers: calyx blue-purple in distal 1/ 2, with reddish brown, glabrous ribs, funnelform; tube ca. 5 mm, minutely pubescent along proximal end of ribs (hairs less than 0.1 mm); lobes spreading, ca. 5 mm (5 main lobes with shallower lobes between larger lobes), or lobes indistinct and calyx appearing erose or irregularly lobed at mouth; petals whitish, barely exceeding calyx. Utricles 4-5 mm. 2n = 14.
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Perennial herb.. Long-petioled rhomboid leaves.. Corymbose inflorescence of 2-flowered spikelets.. Calyx-tube 5–6 mm. long.. Lilac limb 4 mm. long and yellowish corolla.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 19 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
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Images

Leaf

Limonium perezii leaf picture by Banini Banini (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Limonium perezii world distribution map, present in Spain and United States of America

Conservation status

Limonium perezii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686918-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095316
COL ID 72DT8
BDTFX ID 166015
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Limonium perezii Statice perezii