| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Limonium gmelini (Willd.) Kuntze |
| Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891) |
| Native Range | ec. & se. Europe to Siberia and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | saltings |
| Description | leaves basal, hard, ovate, 10-30cm long, inflorescence large, corymbose, axis 3-4-branched, spikes with 2-7, 1-2-flowered, crowded spikelets, bracts broadly ovate |
| Size | 30-70cm |
| Color | bluish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 pycnanthum (K.Koch) Kuntze Statice balansae Boiss. Statice emarginata Schur Statice glauca Willd. ex Schult. Statice gmelini Willd. Statice pycnantha K.Koch Statice scoparia Pall. ex Willd. Taxanthema gmelini (K.Koch) Kuntze Taxanthema scoparium (Pall. ex Willd.) Sweet |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, HUN Hungary) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |