Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium auriculae-ursifolium (Pourr.) Druce |
Bibliography | List Brit. Pl., ed. 2: 77 (1928) |
Native Range | w. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, 2-10cm long, mucronate, glaucous, flowers 7-8mm in compact spikelets, forming pyramidal panicle |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | bluish violet |
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 binervosum ssp. lychnidifolium P.Fourn. Limonium lychnidifolium (Girard) Kuntze Limonium willdenowii (Poir.) P.Fourn. Statice auriculae-ursifolia Pourr. Statice lychnidifolia Girard Statice spathulata Willd. Statice willdenowii Poir. Taxanthema willdenowianum Sweet |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |