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Julien Barataud, Tela Botanica · CC BY-SA 2.0
Common sea-lavender
Limonium vulgare Mill.
Also known as: Sea lavender
Family: Plumbaginaceae
20 to 40 cm tall
Dry gardens, rockeries, saline or poor free-draining soils
Flowering: July – September
Full sun
Hardy to -15°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its dried flowers keep their colour for months, making it a classic of dried bouquets under the name statice.
🍃 Leaves
In a basal rosette, leathery, glaucous
🌸 Flowers
Small bluish-mauve flowers in large flattened panicles, keeping their colour when dried
🍎 Fruits
Small dry achenes
🪵 Bark
Basal tuft, rigid flowering stems
🗺️ Distribution
Coasts of Europe; found in salt marshes and coastal mudflats in France.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Mauve flowers in nectar-rich panicles, attractive to bees and various coastal insects in summer.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Seaside gardens, dry and saline beds; dried flowers used in bouquets.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
No known toxicity.
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