Winged sea lavender
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Winged sea lavender ( Limonium sinuatum ) |
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The winged sea lavender ( Limonium sinuatum ) is a species of the genus sea lavender ( Limonium ) in the family of leadwort plants (Plumbaginaceae).
description
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Cultivated forms can have wider wing strips. Their flowers can also be dark blue, yellow, orange or purple in color.
Vegetative characteristics
The winged sea lavender is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 15 to 40 centimeters. The stem is more or less upright and rough-haired ( indument ). It has four corrugated, 1 to 3 millimeter wide wing strips, which terminate at the nodes in three appendages that are lanceolate, leaf-like and 1 to 8 centimeters long.
All leaves arise from the basal leaf rosette , are pinnate, protruding, rough-haired and measure 3 to 15 centimeters in length and up to 1.5 centimeters in width. There are four to seven round lobes on each side.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from May to September. The umbelliferous inflorescence consists of dense, terminal spikes, which are composed of two to three-flowered spikelets with three bracts. The inner cover sheet is serrated. The uppermost stems are winged like a leaf under the ear. The durable chalice is 10 to 14 millimeters long, funnel-shaped and has a purple, pleated hem. The calyx tube is bare. The crown is decrepit, funnel-shaped and yellowish, white or pink in color.
Chromosome number
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
Occurrence
The winged sea lavender occurs in the Mediterranean area on sandy and rocky coasts in dry, salty locations.
use
The winged sea lavender is rarely used as an ornamental plant for summer borders, as a cut flower and as a dried flower . The winged sea lavender has been in cultivation since 1600 at the latest.
literature
- Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl-Peter Buttler , Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Plants of the Mediterranean (The Colored Nature Guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1986.
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Limonium sinuatum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
