Limonium tomentellum
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Limonium tomentellum is a plant type from the type of beach Lilac ( Limonium ) in the family of plumbaginaceae (Plumbaginaceae).
description
Limonium tomentellum is a perennial plant with heights of 20 to 30 (rarely up to 80) cm. The stems are densely, fine-felted to sparsely hairy in the upper half. The leaves are 50 to 130 (rarely up to 250) mm long, 20 to 40 (rarely up to 90) mm wide, are hairy and warty along the midrib and are pinnately veined. Sterile branches are seldom formed or absent entirely. The scales are 9 to 14 mm long or longer.
The inflorescences are spikes up to 12 cm long , the spikelets consist of a single or up to three flowers . The inner bracts are 2.5 to 3.3 (rarely up to 4.5) mm long, the outer ones are 1 to 2 mm long and have a narrow translucent edge and overlap the inner bracts by 1/5 to 1/6. The calyx is almost hairless and about 3.5 to 5.5 mm long. The crown is 5 to 6 mm long and pink in color.
Occurrence
The species occurs in the south and east of Ukraine , in the south-east of Russia and in the west of Kazakhstan . It grows on salty soils and on salt bogs.
literature
- TG Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea, Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, 1972. ISBN 978-0521084895 .