Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Limonium Mill. [1142]

genus_ja: イソマツ

genus_en: Sea lavender, Statice

# spp.: 610

pub_year: 1754

accepted: Accepted

Family: Plumbaginaceae

family_ja: イソマツ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en: Temperate & Subtropical to Philippines

description_en: Genus of 150 species of annuals, biennials, and deciduous and evergreen perennials and subshrubs from coasts, salt marshes, and deserts worldwide. Simple, entire or pinnatifid, tapering leaves, often appearing almost stalkless, are mostly borne in basal rosettes. Spikelets composed of small, stalkless, papery flowers and bracts are borne in more or less one-sided, corymb-like panicles in summer and autumn; the calyces are tubular, the corollas have 5 lobed petals joined only at the bases. The calyces are usually a different colour from the corollas, and persist after the petals have fallen. Long-flowering plants, they are suitable for a sunny herbaceous or annual border, and for naturalizing in a gravel garden. They are also good for cutting and drying. The larger perennials grow well in coastal sites; the dwarf species are effective in a trough or rock garden, the less hardy ones being suitable for an alpine house.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in early spring: sow perennials in containers outdoors and annuals at 13-18°C (55-64°F). Divide perennials in spring.

pests_en: Susceptible to powdery mildew.

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comment:

comment_ja: イソマツ，スターチス(statice)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2023-07-11 15:17 by hkokubun@mac.com

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