Limonium ocymifolium
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Limonium ocymifolium is a species of the genus of the beach Lilac ( Limonium ) in the family of plumbaginaceae (Plumbaginaceae).
features
Limonium ocymifolium is a perennial subshrub that reaches heights of 18 to 25 centimeters. The entire plant, especially the leaves, are floured ash gray. The leaves measure 15 to 25 × 5 to 12 millimeters. They are rounded or slightly edged, spatulate, dry wrinkled and one-nerved.
The outline of the panicle is rhombic to trugdoldig. The ears are dense and have 3 to 5 spikelets per centimeter . These are upright-protruding, arranged in two lines and one to two-flowered (rarely three-flowered). The outer supporting sheet is 2 to 2.5 millimeters in size and has a wide skin edge. The inner supporting sheet is purple to dark brown, 4 to 5 × 3 millimeters in size and has a 1 millimeter wide skin edge. The calyx is straight, hairy at the base, and 4 to 5 (7) millimeters in size. The crown is colored purple or pink.
The flowering period extends from May to July.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 43.
Occurrence
Limonium ocymifolium is endemic to the Cyclades . The name has also been misused for similar clans from the Aegean Sea. The species grows on limestone and conglomerate rocks by the sea.
literature
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 227 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Limonium ocymifolium at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Salvatore Brullo, Matthias Erben: The genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) in Greece. In: Phytotaxa. Volume 240, 2016, pp. 154–157, DOI: 10.11646 / phytotaxa.240.1.1 .