Limonium wrightii Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Limonium

Characteristics

Shrublets, herblike. Stems and branches thick, usually 10--15 cm tall; old branches densely covered by dark brown to black scales from persistent petiole bases. Leaves clustered on apical parts of young branches; petiole basally enlarged, nearly clasping; leaf blade oblanceolate to spatulate-oblong, 2--4 X 0.4--0.7 cm including petiole, fleshy, base attenuate, apex rounded. Inflorescences axillary, 7--16 cm, corymbose, rachis 2 or 3 X dichotomously branched; sterile branches often on basal part of rachis; spikes with 5--11 spikelets; spikelets 2--4-flowered; bracts broadly ovate, 2--2.5 mm, apex acute; first bractlet broadly elliptic, ca. 5 mm, apex rounded. Calyx funnelform, 5--6 mm; tube ca. 1 mm in diam.; limb usually plicate and slightly extended, lobes apically triangular. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
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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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Limonium wrightii world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:687038-1
WFO ID wfo-0001095319
COL ID 6QFLR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Statice wrightii Statice arbuscula Limonium arbusculum Limonium wrightii Limonium wrightii var. wrightii Limonium wrightii var. roseum

Lower taxons

Limonium wrightii var. luteum