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Limonium binervosum
Limonium binervosum, commonly known as rock sea-lavender,[1] is an aggregate species in the family Plumbaginaceae.
| Rock sea-lavender | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Limonium |
| Species: | L. binervosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Limonium binervosum (G.E.Sm.) C.E.Salmon | |
Despite the common name, rock sea-lavender is not related to the lavenders or to rosemary but is a perennial herb with small violet-blue flowers with five petals in clusters.[2]
Eight rock sea-lavenders are endemic to Britain and Guernsey[3] and the taxonomy was reviewed in 1986 to include a range of subspecies.[4]
Growing 10–70 cm tall from a rhizome, Limonium binervosum flourishes in saline soils, so are therefore common near the western coasts and in salt marshes, and also on saline, gypsum and alkaline soils such as found on Flat Holm island in Wales, UK
Subspecies edit
- Limonium binervosum subsp. anglicum
- Limonium binervosum subsp. cantianum
- Limonium binervosum subsp. saxonicum
- Limonium britanicum subsp. britanicum
- Limonium britanicum subsp. combense
- Limonium binervosum subsp. pseudotranswallianum
- Limonium dodartiforme
- Limonium loganicum
- Limonium recurvum
References edit
- ^ (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Barnes, Richard (1979). Coasts and Estuaries. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. pp. 92–93.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Guernsey web site accessed 2008-05-03
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 2008-05-03. Wirral web site accessed 2008-05-03
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Limonium binervosum.
- List of UK endemic plants
- Grid map of records on the Gateway for Limonium binervosum