sea-lavenders

genus Limonium

Member of plumbago family (family Plumbaginaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

terminal inflorescence branches winged

Other branches may or may not also be winged.

blue statice
Limonium sinuatum

blue statice
Limonium sinuatum

leaf pinnately lobed at base (and possibly elsewhere)

perez’s sea lavender
Limonium perezii

leaf ± entire

leaf margin ciliate
leaf tip long-acuminate, ≥ 4 mm

rock sea-lavender
Limonium binervosum

in CalFlora, but not in Jepson or FNA
found in coastal marshes

no inflorescence branches winged

western marsh rosemary
Limonium californicum

basal leaves obovate to oblong, 1.5–6 cm wide

european sea lavender
Limonium duriusculum

basal leaves oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, 5–9 mm wide, tip obtuse
1–3 flowers per cluster

algerian sea lavender
Limonium ramosissimum

basal leaves obovate or oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, 7–20 mm wide, tip acute to rounded

2–5 flowers per cluster

Toxicity of statice (Limonium spp.):
0 – Non-toxic.

1 observed taxon / 5 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 4 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

Fremont Older OSP: 4

Months:

Jun.: 4

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora