Annuals Dictionary: Limonium
Plumbago family
Plumbaginaceae
Ly-mo’ni-um. Sea Lavender ; Sea Pink . About 150 species, several widely grown for cutting and for dried flowers.
Description
Leaves mostly basal, often tufted. Flowers small, numerous, in open, loose panicles or in branching spikes, prevailingly lavender, rose-pink, or bluish, but sometimes yellow or white. Calyx tubular, often membranous or colored. Corolla of 5 nearly separate and often clawed petals.
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