Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill. |
Synonyms | Statice sinuata L. |
Statice floribunda Lem. ex Huber | |
Statice hirsuta C.Presl | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | leaves obovate in outline, pinnatisect, segments 8-14, orbiculate, pilose, stems and axis of panicle intensely winged, spikelets dense, corolla 9-12mm long, calyx white |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | pink, yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Baleares , Corse , France , Portugal , Sardegna , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Italy , Kriti , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia , Western Sahara ) Macaronesia (Canary Is. , Madeira ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Cyprus , East Aegean Is. , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Sinai , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLUMBAGINACEAE
sinuatum romanum Täckh. & Boulos, Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 5: 90 (1974)
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