Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium sieberi (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 396 (1891) |
Native Range | s. Greece to Aegean Islands and Syria |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Description | glaucous, glabrous, leaves obovate-spathulate, obtuse, attenuate to long petiole, scape flexuous, ramose, spikelets 1-2-flowered producing lax, secund spike, bracts narrow |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Limonium runemarkii Rech.f. Statice graeca Boiss. Statice graeca var. sieberi (Boiss.) Boiss. Statice sieberi Boiss. Statice verrucosa Willd. ex Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |