Limonium pigadiense

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Limonium pigadiense
Systematics
Eudicotyledons
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Leadwort family (Plumbaginaceae)
Genre : Sea lavender ( Limonium )
Type : Limonium pigadiense
Scientific name
Limonium pigadiense
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Limonium pigadiense is a species of the genus beach Lilac ( Limonium ).

features

Limonium pigadiense is a perennial subshrub that reaches heights of 10 to 50 centimeters. The leaves measure 40 to 60 × 8 to 12 millimeters, are single-nerved, spatulate, blunt to slightly prickly, light green and fleshy.

The panicle is rhombic. The ears show 4 to 5 closely or touching two-flowered spikelets per centimeter . The inner supporting sheet measures 4 to 5 × 2.5 to 3 millimeters, is obverse-shaped, three-colored with a green center, more brown on the outside and white on the 0.5 to 1 millimeter wide skin edge. The calyx is hairy at the base and 5 to 6.5 millimeters in size.

The flowering time is in June.

Occurrence

Limonium pigadiense occurs on Karpathos . The species grows on limestone rocks on small islands on the coast.

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. 228 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Salvatore Brullo, Matthias Erben: The genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) in Greece. In: Phytotaxa. Volume 240, 2016, pp. 112-114, DOI: 10.11646 / phytotaxa.240.1.1 .