Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium ocymifolium (Poir.) Kuntze |
Synonyms | Statice ocymifolia Poirr. |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, leaves in rosette, oblong-spathulate, obtuse, attenuate to petiole, spikelets 2-3-flowered in terminal spikes producing panicle, bracts coriaceous |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece , Kriti ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (East Aegean Is.) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLUMBAGINACEAE
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