Limonium potaninii Ikonn.-gal.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 25--40 cm tall, densely pubescent and with clusters of stellate hairs on peduncles and rachises. Stems many, base dichotomously branched and covered with brown scales. Leaves basal; leaf blade oblong-obovate to oblong-spatulate, 2--3 X 0.8--1 cm, apex subrounded with a short awn. Inflorescences several; rachis dichotomously branched, densely verrucose and with stellate hairs, with many sterile branches and triangular scales on base of branchlets. Spikes terminal, with 5--7(--9) spikelets; spikelets 2-or 3-flowered; bracts rounded, to 3 mm, scarious, pubescent; first bractlet 5--6 mm, scarious, glabrous or pubescent, margin broadly membranous. Calyx funnelform, 6.5--7 mm; tube densely pubescent; limb pale yellow to golden; lobes short, apex obtuse, emarginate, and without an awn or mucro. Corolla orange-yellow. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. 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 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
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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) 6-10

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 potaninii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686929-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095341
COL ID 6QDSJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Limonium potaninii Limonium aureum var. potaninii