Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill. |
Bibliography | Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 6 (1768) |
Native Range | Macaronesia, Medit. to w. Sahara and w. Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | 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 |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | 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; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Limonium sinuatum var. subglabrum (H.Lindb.) Maire Linczevskia sinuata (L.) Tzvelev Statice floribunda Lem. ex Huber Statice hirsuta C.Presl Statice sinuata L. Statice sinuata var. integrifolia Boiss. Statice sinuata var. subglabra H.Lindb. Taxanthema sinuatum (L.) Sweet |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is., MDR Madeira) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |