Limonium sinense Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 15--60 cm tall. Taproot red-brown; bark never peeling. Caudex often thickened; stems many from 1 crown. Leaves basal, persistent to anthesis; petiole wide; leaf blade obovate-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 4--12(--22) X 0.4--2.5(--4) cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex usually obtuse to acute. Inflorescences 3--5(--10) from the same leaf rosette, ascending to erect, corymbose or paniculate, main axis 4-angular and 4-sulcate; sterile branches few, simple, on basal part or at forks of rachis; spikes with 2--6(--11) spikelets, axis 2-angular; spikelets 2-or 3(or 4)-flowered; bracts ovate, 2--2.5 mm; first bractlet 5--5.5 mm. Calyx funnelform, 5--6(--7) mm; tube ca. 1 mm in diam.; limb white, 2--2.5 mm wide, 3.5--4.5 mm in diam.; lobes apically obtuse to rarely acute. Corolla yellow. Fl. Jun-Nov (N of Chang Jiang) and Apr-Dec (S of Chang Jiang).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antioxidants (unspecified), Antiviral agents (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Menstruation disturbances (unspecified)
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 sinense world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686978-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095301
COL ID 6QFJM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Statice fortunei Statice sinensis Limonium sinense