Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium ocymifolium (Poir.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 396 (1891) |
Native Range | Greece to Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
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 | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Statice ocymifolia Poir. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |