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Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 71 · 1789 · public domain

# Limonium Mill.

sea lavenders · Plumbaginaceae

- **Accepted name:** Limonium Mill.
- **First published:** Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
- **Family:** Plumbaginaceae
- **Accepted species:** 626 (including 18 natural hybrids)
- **Native range:** 150 TDWG regions, temperate and subtropical regions, east to the Philippines
- **Common names:** sea lavenders
- **Databases:** [POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331722-2) · [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/n/331722-2) · [WCVP](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2232/taxon/2495446) · [Catalogue of Life](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/62YMP) · [GBIF](https://www.gbif.org/species/3082293)

## Overview

Limonium belongs to the family Plumbaginaceae. Flora of China counts about 300 species worldwide, 22 of them in China; WCVP accepts more, including many natural hybrids, listed below. Kew gives the native range as temperate and subtropical regions east to the Philippines.

The florists’ statice is L. sinuatum. Chinese florists sell it as 勿忘我, “forget-me-not”, though it is unrelated to the true forget-me-nots, Myosotis, in the borage family; the finer sea-lavender fillers are other species and hybrids of the genus. Kew records L. sinuatum as native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean to the western Sahara and western Caucasus, an annual or perennial herb.

## Classification and characters

The name Limonium Mill. (1754) is conserved; Linnaeus’s Statice of 1753 is rejected, so the trade name “statice” is no longer used botanically (Flora of China).

Flora of China describes herbs or shrublets, the stems often reduced to a caudex, with alternate leaves usually crowded in rosettes. The much-branched, often flat-topped inflorescence ends in spikes of 2–13 spikelets in two rows, each with one to five flowers. The calyx is funnel-shaped to tubular, with a scarious, expanded limb that is 5- or 10-lobed; the corolla is joined at the base. The “flower colour” florists buy is mostly this papery calyx limb, which is why it keeps its colour when dried. Flora of Tropical East Africa describes L. sinuatum with narrow crisp wings on the stem and pinnately lobed leaves; the calyx is 6–7 mm with a broad purple limb, and the corolla is yellow or pink.

| Genus name | Published in |
| --- | --- |
| Afrolimon Lincz. | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 16: 167 (1979) |
| Eremolimon Lincz. | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 22: 200 (1985) |
| Eurychiton Nimmo | J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay: Add. (1839) |
| Linczevskia Tzvelev | Konspekt Fl. Kavkaza 3(2): 283 (2012) |
| Plegorhiza Molina | Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 164 (1782) |
| Taxanthema Neck. ex R.Br. | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 426 (1810) |

## Distribution

WCVP records the genus as native to 150 TDWG botanical regions and introduced in 4 more.

Native regions (150)

AfghanistanAlabamaAlbaniaAlgeriaAltayArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthArizonaAzoresBalearesBelgiumBermudaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBulgariaBuryatiyaCaliforniaCanary Is.Cape ProvincesCape VerdeCentral European RussiaChadChile CentralChile NorthChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaConnecticutCorseCyprusCzechia-SlovakiaDelawareDenmarkDjiboutiDominican RepublicEast Aegean Is.East European RussiaEgyptEritreaEthiopiaFloridaFranceFree StateGeorgiaGermanyGreat BritainGreeceGulf StatesHaitiHungaryInner MongoliaIranIraqIrelandIrkutskItalyJapanKazakhstanKenyaKirgizstanKoreaKrasnoyarskKritiKrymKuwaitLabradorLebanon-SyriaLibyaLouisianaMadeiraMaineMalukuManchuriaMarylandMassachusettsMauritaniaMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMississippiMongoliaMoroccoNamibiaNansei-shotoNetherlandsNevadaNew BrunswickNew CaledoniaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew South WalesNew YorkNewfoundlandNorth CarolinaNorth CaucasusNorwayNova ScotiaNW. Balkan Pen.Ogasawara-shotoOklahomaOmanOregonPakistanPalestinePhilippinesPortugalPrimoryePrince Edward I.QinghaiQuébecQueenslandRhode I.RomaniaSardegnaSaudi ArabiaSelvagensSiciliaSinaiSocotraSomaliaSouth CarolinaSouth European RussiaSpainSudan-South SudanSwedenTadzhikistanTaiwanTasmaniaTexasTibetTranscaucasusTunisiaTürkiyeTürkiye-in-EuropeTurkmenistanTurks-Caicos Is.TuvaUkraineUruguayUzbekistanVictoriaVietnamVirginiaWest HimalayaWest SiberiaWestern SaharaXinjiangYemen

### Introduced

AustriaMexico CentralMexico SouthwestWashington

## Accepted species

WCVP accepts 626 species; names with × are natural hybrids. The count changes with revisions; checked 2026-10-28.

Show all 626 accepted species

| Name | On this site |
| --- | --- |
| Limonium × abnorme (Rouy) P.Fourn. |   |
| Limonium acuminatum L.Bolus |   |
| Limonium acutifolium (Rchb.) C.E.Salmon |   |
| Limonium adilguneri Yıld. & Doğru-Koca |   |
| Limonium admirabile Terrones, J.Moreno, M.Á.Alonso, Juan & M.B.Crespo |   |
| Limonium aegaeum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium aegusae Brullo |   |
| Limonium afghanicum Erben & Podlech |   |
| Limonium afrum (Pignatti) Domina |   |
| Limonium albarracinense Pau ex P.P.Ferrer & R.Roselló |   |
| Limonium albidum (Guss.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium albomarginatum Brullo |   |
| Limonium albuferae P.P.Ferrer, R.Roselló, M.Rosato, Rosselló & E.Laguna |   |
| Limonium album (Coincy) Sennen |   |
| Limonium alcudianum Erben |   |
| Limonium algarvense Erben |   |
| Limonium algusae (Brullo) Greuter |   |
| Limonium alicunense Gómiz |   |
| Limonium alleizettei (Pau) Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium alutaceum (Steven) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium × ambiguum (Rouy) P.Fourn. |   |
| Limonium ammochostianum Erben, Christodoulou, Hand & Kefalas |   |
| Limonium ammophilon (Papatsou & Phitos) Domina |   |
| Limonium amoenum (C.H.Wright) R.A.Dyer |   |
| Limonium amopicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium ampuriense Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium anatolicum Hedge |   |
| Limonium anglicum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium angustebracteatum Erben |   |
| Limonium anthericoides (Schltr.) R.A.Dyer |   |
| Limonium antipaxorum R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium antonii-llorensii L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium aphroditae R.Artelari & Georgiou |   |
| Limonium apulum Brullo |   |
| Limonium aragonense (Debeaux ex Willk.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium arboreum (Willd.) H.Arnaud | 1 plate |
| Limonium archeothirae Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium arcuatum R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium arenosum Erben |   |
| Limonium argentarium Pignatti |   |
| Limonium artelariae Koutr. |   |
| Limonium articulatum (Loisel.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium artruchium Erben |   |
| Limonium asperrimum Maire |   |
| Limonium asterotrichum (C.E.Salmon) C.E.Salmon |   |
| Limonium astypaleanum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium athinense Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium atticum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium aucheri (Girard) Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium aureum (L.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium auriculae-ursifolium (Pourr.) Druce |   |
| Limonium auriculifolium (Vahl) Druce |   |
| Limonium australe (R.Br.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium avei (De Not.) Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium axillare (Forssk.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium bahamense (Griseb.) Britton |   |
| Limonium balearicum (Pignatti) Brullo |   |
| Limonium barceloi Gil & L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium battandieri Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium bellidifolium (Gouan) Dumort. |   |
| Limonium benmageci Marrero Rodr. |   |
| Limonium bianorii (Sennen & Pau) Erben |   |
| Limonium bicolor (Bunge) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium biflorum (Pignatti) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium billardierei (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium binervosum (G.E.Sm.) C.E.Salmon |   |
| Limonium bocconei (Lojac.) Litard. |   |
| Limonium boirae L.Llorens & Tébar |   |
| Limonium boitardii Maire |   |
| Limonium bollei (Webb ex Wangerin) Erben |   |
| Limonium bolosii Gil & L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium bonafei Erben |   |
| Limonium bonduellei (T.Lestib.) Kuntze | 1 plate |
| Limonium bonifaciense Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium botschantzevii (Lincz.) M.Malekm., Akhani & Borsch |   |
| Limonium bourgaei (Webb ex Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium brasiliense (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium brassicifolium (Webb & Berthel.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium braunii (Bolle) A.Chev. |   |
| Limonium brevipetiolatum R.Artelari & Erben |   |
| Limonium britannicum Ingr. |   |
| Limonium brunneri (Webb ex Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium brusnicense (Trinajstić) Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium brutium Brullo |   |
| Limonium bulgaricum Ančev |   |
| Limonium bungei (Claus) Gamajun. |   |
| Limonium busianum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium byzacium Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium caesium (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium calabrum Brullo |   |
| Limonium calaminare Pignatti |   |
| Limonium calanchicola Erben |   |
| Limonium calcarae (Tod. ex Janka) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium calcicola P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium californicum (Boiss.) A.Heller |   |
| Limonium callianthum (T.X.Peng) Kamelin |   |
| Limonium calliopsium Alf.Mayer |   |
| Limonium cambrense (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium camposanum Erben |   |
| Limonium cancellatum (Bernh. ex Bertol.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium cantianum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium capense (L.Bolus) L.Bolus |   |
| Limonium capitis-eliae Erben |   |
| Limonium capitis-marci Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium caprariae Rizzotto |   |
| Limonium caprariense (Font Quer & Marcos) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium carisae Erben |   |
| Limonium carminis B.Díez & Erben |   |
| Limonium carnosum (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton |   |
| Limonium carpathum (Rech.f.) Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium carpetanicum Erben |   |
| Limonium carregadorense Erben |   |
| Limonium carthaginense (Rouy) C.E.Hubb. & Sandwith |   |
| Limonium carvalhoi Rosselló & L.Sáez |   |
| Limonium caspium (Willd.) Gams |   |
| Limonium castellonense Erben |   |
| Limonium catalaunicum (Willk. & Costa) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium catanense (Tineo ex Lojac.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium catanzaroi Brullo |   |
| Limonium cavanillesii Erben |   |
| Limonium cazzae Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium cedrorum Domina & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium celticum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium cephalonicum R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium cercinense Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium chazaliei (H.Boissieu) Maire |   |
| Limonium chersonesum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium chrysocomum (Kar. & Kir.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium chrysopotamicum Maire |   |
| Limonium clupeanum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium cofrentanum Erben |   |
| Limonium coincyi Sennen |   |
| Limonium comosum Erben |   |
| Limonium compactum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium companyonis (Gren. & Billot) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium confertum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium confusum (Gren. & Godr.) Fourr. |   |
| Limonium congestum (Ledeb.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium connivens Erben |   |
| Limonium contortirameum (Mabille) Erben |   |
| Limonium contractum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium coombense (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium cophanense C.Brullo, Brullo, Cambria, Giusso & Ilardi |   |
| Limonium coralliforme Alf.Mayer |   |
| Limonium coralloides (Tausch) Lincz. |   |
| Limonium cordatum (L.) Mill. |   |
| Limonium cordovillense Stübing & Cirujano |   |
| Limonium × coriaciefolium (Sennen) M.B.Crespo & Serra |   |
| Limonium coriarium H.Arnaud |   |
| Limonium corinthiacum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium cornarianum Kypr. & R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium coronense R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium corsicum Erben |   |
| Limonium cossonianum Kuntze |   |
| Limonium costae (Willk.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium cosyrense (Guss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium crateriforme Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium cretaceum Cherkasova |   |
| Limonium creticum R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium cumanum (Ten.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium cunicularium Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium cylindrifolium (Forssk.) Verdc. ex Cufod. |   |
| Limonium cymuliferum (Boiss.) Sauvage & Vindt |   |
| Limonium cyprium (Meikle) Hand & Buttler |   |
| Limonium cyrenaicum (Rouy) Brullo |   |
| Limonium cyrtostachyum (Girard) Brullo |   |
| Limonium cythereum R.Artelari & Georgiou |   |
| Limonium dagmariae Mucina |   |
| Limonium damboldtianum Phitos & R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium daveaui Erben |   |
| Limonium davisii Doğan |   |
| Limonium decumbens (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium delicatulum (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium dendroides Svent. |   |
| Limonium densiflorum (Guss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium densissimum (Pignatti) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium depauperatum (Boiss.) R.A.Dyer |   |
| Limonium devoniense (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium dianium Pignatti |   |
| Limonium dichotomum (Cav.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium dichroanthum (Rupr.) Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium dictyophorum (Tausch) Degen |   |
| Limonium didimense Doğan & Akaydın |   |
| Limonium dielsianum (Wangerin) Kamelin |   |
| Limonium diomedeum Brullo |   |
| Limonium dodartiforme Ingr. |   |
| Limonium dodartii (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium doerfleri (Halácsy) Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium × dolcheri Pignatti |   |
| Limonium dolihiense Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium donetzicum Klokov |   |
| Limonium doriae (Sommier) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium dragonericum Erben |   |
| Limonium dregeanum (C.Presl) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium drepanostachyum Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium dubium (Andrews ex Guss.) Litard. |   |
| Limonium dufourii (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium durieui (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium duriusculum (Girard) Fourr. |   |
| Limonium dyeri Lincz. |   |
| Limonium ebusitanum (Font Quer) Font Quer |   |
| Limonium echioides (L.) Mill. |   |
| Limonium eduardi-diasii H.Schaef. |   |
| Limonium effusum (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium ejulabilis Rosselló, Mus & J.X.Soler |   |
| Limonium elaphonisicum Alf.Mayer |   |
| Limonium elfahsianum Brullo & Giusso |   |
| Limonium emarginatum (Willd.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium epiroticum Brullo |   |
| Limonium equisetinum (Boiss.) R.A.Dyer |   |
| Limonium × erectiflorum (B.Fedtsch. & Gontsch.) A.V.Grebenjuk |   |
| Limonium erectum Erben |   |
| Limonium erythrorrhizum Ikonn.-Gal. ex Lincz. |   |
| Limonium × escarrei L.Llorens & Tébar |   |
| Limonium estevei Fern.Casas |   |
| Limonium etruscum Arrigoni & Rizzotto |   |
| Limonium × eugeniae Sennen |   |
| Limonium failachicum Erben & Mucina |   |
| Limonium fajzievii Zakirov |   |
| Limonium fallax (Coss. ex Wangerin) Maire |   |
| Limonium ferganense Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium fesianum Erben |   |
| Limonium fischeri (Trautv.) Lincz. |   |
| Limonium flagellare (Lojac.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium flexuosum (L.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium florentinum Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium fontqueri (Pau) L.Llorens ex Greuter, Burdet & G.Long |   |
| Limonium formenterae L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium formosum Bartolo, Brullo & Giusso |   |
| Limonium fradinianum (Pomel) Erben |   |
| Limonium fragile Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium franchetii (Debeaux) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium × fraternum (Sennen & Pau) M.B.Crespo |   |
| Limonium frederici (Barbey) Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium frutescens (Lem.) Erben, A.Santos & Reyes-Bet. | 1 plate |
| Limonium furfuraceum (Lag.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium furnarii Brullo |   |
| Limonium gabrieli (Bornm.) Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium galilaeum Domina, Danin & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium gallurense Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium gibertii (Sennen) Sennen |   |
| Limonium ginzbergeri Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium girardianum (Guss.) Fourr. |   |
| Limonium globuliferum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium glomeratum (Tausch) Erben |   |
| Limonium gmelini (Willd.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium gorgonae Pignatti |   |
| Limonium gougetianum (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium grabusae Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium graecum (Poir.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium greuteri Erben |   |
| Limonium grosii L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium grubovii Lincz. |   |
| Limonium guaicuru (Molina) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium gueneri Doğan, H.Duman & Akaydın |   |
| Limonium guigliae Raimondo & Domina |   |
| Limonium gymnesicum Erben |   |
| Limonium halophilum Pignatti |   |
| Limonium helenae Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium heraionense Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium herculis Pignatti |   |
| Limonium hermaeum Pignatti |   |
| Limonium heterospicatum Erben |   |
| Limonium hibericum Erben |   |
| Limonium hierapetrae Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium himariense F.K.Mey. |   |
| Limonium hipponense Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium hirsuticalyx Pignatti |   |
| Limonium hoeltzeri (Regel) Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium humile Mill. |   |
| Limonium hungaricum Klokov |   |
| Limonium hyblaeum Brullo |   |
| Limonium hypanicum Klokov |   |
| Limonium iconium (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium ikaricum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium ilergabonum López-Alvarado, Cobacho, Arán & L.Sáez |   |
| Limonium ilvae Pignatti |   |
| Limonium imbricatum (Webb ex Girard) H.Arnaud |   |
| Limonium inarimense (Guss.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium inexpectans L.Sáez & Rosselló |   |
| Limonium insigne (Coss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium insulare (Bég. & Landi) Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium intercedens P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium × interjectum J.X.Soler & Rosselló |   |
| Limonium intermedium (Guss.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium intricatum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium ionicum Brullo |   |
| Limonium iranicum (Bornm.) Lincz. |   |
| Limonium irtaensis P.P.Ferrer, A.Navarro, P.Pérez, R.Roselló, Rosselló, M.Rosato |   |
| Limonium isidorum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium issaeum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium istriacum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium ithacense R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium jankae (Lojac.) Giardina & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium japygicum (E.Groves) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium jovibarba (Webb ex Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium kairouanum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium kardamylii R.Artelari & Kamari |   |
| Limonium karpasiticum Kefalas, Erben, Christodoulou & Hand |   |
| Limonium kaschgaricum (Rupr.) Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium kimmericum (Lipsky) Klokov |   |
| Limonium kirikosicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium klementzii Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium kobstanicum Tzvelev |   |
| Limonium korakonisicum R.Artelari & Valli |   |
| Limonium korbousense Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium kraussianum (Buchinger ex Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium ksamilum Bogdanović, Shuka, Giusso & Brullo |   |
| Limonium kurgantjubense (Lincz.) M.Malekm., Akhani & Borsch |   |
| Limonium lacertosum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium lacinium Arrigoni |   |
| Limonium lacostei (Danguy) Kamelin |   |
| Limonium laetum (Nyman) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium lagostanum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium lambinonii Erben |   |
| Limonium lanfrancoi Agius, M.E.Galea, Cambria, Giusso & Brullo |   |
| Limonium latebracteatum Erben |   |
| Limonium lausianum Pignatti |   |
| Limonium laxiusculum Franco |   |
| Limonium legrandii (R.Gauthier & Timb.-Lagr.) Erben |   |
| Limonium leonardi-llorensii L.Sáez, Á.C.Carvalho & Rosselló |   |
| Limonium leprosorum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium leptolobum Kuntze |   |
| Limonium leptophyllum (Schrenk) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium letourneuxii (Coss. ex Batt.) Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium liberianum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium liburnicum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium lilacinum (Boiss. & Balansa) Wagenitz |   |
| Limonium lilybaeum Brullo |   |
| Limonium limbatum Small |   |
| Limonium linifolium (L.f.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium lobatum (L.f.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium lobetanicum Erben |   |
| Limonium lobinii N.Kilian & Leyens |   |
| Limonium loganicum Ingr. |   |
| Limonium lojaconoi Brullo |   |
| Limonium longibracteatum Erben |   |
| Limonium longifolium (Thunb.) R.A.Dyer |   |
| Limonium lopadusanum Brullo |   |
| Limonium lovricii Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium lowei R.Jardim, M.Seq., Capelo, J.C.Costa & Rivas Mart. |   |
| Limonium × lucentinum Pignatti & Freitag |   |
| Limonium macrophyllum (Willd. ex Spreng.) H.Arnaud |   |
| Limonium macrorrhizum (Ledeb.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium magallufianum L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium majoricum Pignatti |   |
| Limonium majus (Boiss.) Erben |   |
| Limonium malacitanum B.Díez |   |
| Limonium malfatanicum Erben |   |
| Limonium mansanetianum M.B.Crespo & Lledó |   |
| Limonium marisolii L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium maritimum Caperta, Cortinhas, A.P.Paes, Guara, Esp.Santo & Erben |   |
| Limonium marmarisense Doğan & Akaydın |   |
| Limonium maroccanum (Batt. & Trab.) Domina |   |
| Limonium mateoi Erben & Arán |   |
| Limonium maurocordatae (Schweinf. & Volkens) Cufod. |   |
| Limonium mazarae Pignatti ex Brullo |   |
| Limonium meandrinum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium melancholicum Brullo, Marcenò & S.Romano |   |
| Limonium melitense Brullo |   |
| Limonium menigense Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium merxmuelleri Erben |   |
| Limonium messeniacum R.Artelari & Kamari |   |
| Limonium michelsonii Lincz. |   |
| Limonium microcycladicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium migjornense L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium milleri Ghaz. & J.R.Edm. |   |
| Limonium milovicii Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium minoricense Erben |   |
| Limonium minus (Boiss.) Erben |   |
| Limonium minutiflorum (Guss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium minutum (L.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium monolithicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium montis-christi Rizzotto |   |
| Limonium morisianum Arrigoni |   |
| Limonium mouretii (Pit.) Maire |   |
| Limonium mouterdei Domina, Erben & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium mucronatum (L.f.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium mucronulatum (H.Lindb.) Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium multiceps (Pomel) Erben |   |
| Limonium multiflorum Erben |   |
| Limonium multiforme Pignatti |   |
| Limonium multifurcatum Erben |   |
| Limonium muradense Erben |   |
| Limonium mutatum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium myrianthum (Schrenk) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium namaquanum L.Bolus |   |
| Limonium naniforme P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium narbonense Mill. |   |
| Limonium narynense Lincz. |   |
| Limonium neapolense Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium × neumanii C.E.Salmon |   |
| Limonium nichoriense Apost. & Constantin. |   |
| Limonium normannicum Ingr. |   |
| Limonium nudum (Boiss. & Buhse) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium oblanceolatum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium obtusifolium (Rouy) Erben |   |
| Limonium ocymifolium (Poir.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium oligotrichum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium omissae Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium ophioides Apost. & Constantin. |   |
| Limonium optimae Raimondo |   |
| Limonium opulentum (Lojac.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium orellii Erben |   |
| Limonium oristanum Alf.Mayer |   |
| Limonium ornatum (Ball) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium otolepis (Schrenk) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium oudayense Sauvage & Vindt |   |
| Limonium ovalifolium (Poir.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium pachynense Brullo |   |
| Limonium pagasaeum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium palmare (Sm.) Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium palmyrense (Post) Dinsm. |   |
| Limonium panormitanum (Tod.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium papillatum (Webb & Berthel.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium paradoxum Pugsley |   |
| Limonium paralimniticum Christodoulou, Erben, Hand & Kefalas |   |
| Limonium parosicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium parvibracteatum Pignatti |   |
| Limonium parvifolium (Tineo) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium parvum Ingr. |   |
| Limonium patrimoniense Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium paulayanum (Vierh.) Ghaz. & J.R.Edm. |   |
| Limonium pavonianum Brullo |   |
| Limonium pectinatum (Aiton) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium pelagosae Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium peregrinum (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer |   |
| Limonium perezii (Stapf) F.T.Hubb. |   |
| Limonium × pericotii (O.Bolòs & Vigo) Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium perplexum L.Sáez & Rosselló |   |
| Limonium pescadense Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium peucetium Pignatti |   |
| Limonium pharosianum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium phitosianum R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium pigadiense (Rech.f.) Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium pinillense Roselló & Peris |   |
| Limonium planesiae Pignatti |   |
| Limonium plurisquamatum Erben |   |
| Limonium poimenum Ilardi, Brullo, D.Cusimano & G.Giusso |   |
| Limonium pomelianum (Rouy) Erben |   |
| Limonium pomoense Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium pontium Pignatti |   |
| Limonium ponzoi (Fiori & Bég.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium popovii Kubansk. |   |
| Limonium portlandicum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium portopetranum Erben |   |
| Limonium portovecchiense Erben |   |
| Limonium postii Domina, Erben & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium potaninii Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium preauxii (Webb & Berthel.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium procerum (C.E.Salmon) Ingr. |   |
| Limonium × profusum (J.Dix) F.T.Hubb. ex L.H.Bailey |   |
| Limonium proliferum (d'Urv.) Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium protohermaeum Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium pruinosum (L.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium pseudarticulatum Erben |   |
| Limonium pseudebusitanum Erben |   |
| Limonium × pseudoconfusum (Rouy) P.Fourn. |   |
| Limonium pseudodictyocladum L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium pseudolaetum Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium pseudominutum Erben |   |
| Limonium pseudotranswallianum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium puberulum (Webb ex Lindl.) H.Arnaud |   |
| Limonium pujosii Sauvage & Vindt |   |
| Limonium pulviniforme Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium punicum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium purpuratum (L.) Chaz. |   |
| Limonium pusillum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium pylium R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium pyramidatum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium quesadense Erben |   |
| Limonium quinnii M.B.Crespo & Pena-Martín |   |
| Limonium racemosum (Lojac.) Diana |   |
| Limonium ramosissimum (Poir.) Maire |   |
| Limonium recticaule Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium recurvum C.E.Salmon |   |
| Limonium redivivum (Svent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding |   |
| Limonium relicticum R.Mesa & A.Santos |   |
| Limonium remotispiculum (Lacaita) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium reniforme (Girard) Lincz. |   |
| Limonium retirameum Greuter & Burdet |   |
| Limonium retusum L.Llorens |   |
| Limonium revolutum Erben |   |
| Limonium rezniczenkoanum Lincz. |   |
| Limonium rhodense M.B.Crespo & Pena-Martín |   |
| Limonium rigidum Alf.Mayer |   |
| Limonium rigualii M.B.Crespo & Erben |   |
| Limonium roridum (Sm.) Brullo & Guarino |   |
| Limonium rosselloi P.P.Ferrer, R.Roselló & E.Laguna |   |
| Limonium × rossmaessleri (Willk.) M.B.Crespo |   |
| Limonium rubescens Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium ruizii (Font Quer) Fern.Casas |   |
| Limonium rumicifolium (Svent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding |   |
| Limonium rungsii Sauvage & Vindt |   |
| Limonium sabulicola P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium salmonis (Sennen & Elías) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium samium Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium sanctamargaritense P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium santapolense Erben |   |
| Limonium saracinatum R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium sarcophyllum Ghaz. & J.R.Edm. |   |
| Limonium sardoum (Pignatti) Erben |   |
| Limonium sareptanum (A.K.Becker) Gams |   |
| Limonium sarniense (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium sartorianum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium savianum Pignatti |   |
| Limonium saxicola Erben |   |
| Limonium saxonicum (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium scabrum (Thunb.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium schinousae Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium scoparium (Pall. ex Willd.) H.Arnaud |   |
| Limonium scopulorum M.B.Crespo & Lledó |   |
| Limonium scorpioides Erben |   |
| Limonium secundirameum (Lojac.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium selinuntinum Brullo |   |
| Limonium senkakuense T.Yamaz. |   |
| Limonium × sennenii (Rouy) P.Fourn. |   |
| Limonium serpentinicum R.Pino, Silva Pando & J.J.Pino |   |
| Limonium serratum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium sibthorpianum (Guss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium sieberi (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium silvestrei Aparicio |   |
| Limonium sinense (Girard) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium sinisicum Erben |   |
| Limonium sinuatum (L.) Mill. | 1 plate |
| Limonium sirinicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium sitiacum Rech.f. |   |
| Limonium smithii Akaydın |   |
| Limonium soboliferum Erben |   |
| Limonium sogdianum (Popov) Ikonn.-Gal. |   |
| Limonium sokotranum (Vierh.) Radcl.-Sm. |   |
| Limonium solanderi Lincz. |   |
| Limonium sommierianum (Fiori) Arrigoni |   |
| Limonium sougiae Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium spathulatum (Desf.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium spectabile (Svent.) G.Kunkel & Sunding |   |
| Limonium spreitzenhoferi Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium squarrosum Erben |   |
| Limonium stenophyllum Erben |   |
| Limonium stenotatum (Rech.f.) Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium steppicum Sefi, Ghrabi-Gammar & Brullo |   |
| Limonium stocksii (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium strictissimum (Salzm.) Arrigoni |   |
| Limonium subanfractum Trinajstić |   |
| Limonium subglabrum Erben |   |
| Limonium subnudum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium subrotundifolium (Bég. & A.Vacc.) Brullo |   |
| Limonium sucronicum Erben |   |
| Limonium suffruticosum (L.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium sulcitanum Arrigoni |   |
| Limonium sundingii Leyens, Lobin, N.Kilian & Erben |   |
| Limonium supinum (Girard) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium sventenii A.Santos & M.Fernández |   |
| Limonium syracusanum Brullo |   |
| Limonium tabernense Erben |   |
| Limonium tabulare Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium tacapense Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium taenari Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium tamaricoides Bokkari |   |
| Limonium tamarindanum Erben |   |
| Limonium tarcoense Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium tauromenitanum Brullo |   |
| Limonium tenellum (Turcz.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium tenoreanum (Guss.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium tenuicaule Erben |   |
| Limonium tenuiculum (Tineo ex Guss.) Pignatti |   |
| Limonium teretifolium L.Bolus |   |
| Limonium tetragonum (Thunb.) Bullock |   |
| Limonium teuchirae Brullo |   |
| Limonium thaenicum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium thiniense Erben |   |
| Limonium thirae Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium thymoides (Girard) M.B.Crespo |   |
| Limonium tianschanicum Lincz. |   |
| Limonium tibulatium Pignatti |   |
| Limonium tigulianum Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium tineoi Giardina & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium tobarrense J.Moreno, Terrones, M.A.Alonso, Juan & M.B.Crespo |   |
| Limonium todaroanum Raimondo & Pignatti |   |
| Limonium toletanum Erben |   |
| Limonium tomentellum (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium tournefortii (Girard) Erben |   |
| Limonium trachycladum Maire & Wilczek |   |
| Limonium transcanalis (Ingr.) P.D.Sell |   |
| Limonium transwallianum (Pugsley) Pugsley |   |
| Limonium tremolsii (Rouy) Erben |   |
| Limonium trinajsticii Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium tritonianum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium trojae Pignatti |   |
| Limonium tschurjukiense (Klokov) Lavrenko |   |
| Limonium tuberculatum (Boiss.) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium tubiflorum (Delile) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium tunetanum (Barratte) Maire |   |
| Limonium tyrrhenicum Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium ugijarense Erben |   |
| Limonium ursanum Erben |   |
| Limonium usticanum Giardina & Raimondo |   |
| Limonium vaccarii Pignatti ex Brullo |   |
| Limonium × valentinum (Huter, Porta & Rigo) M.B.Crespo & Lledó |   |
| Limonium validum Erben |   |
| Limonium vanandense Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium vanense Kit Tan & Sorger |   |
| Limonium velutinum Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium vestitum (C.E.Salmon) C.E.Salmon |   |
| Limonium viciosoi (Pau) Erben |   |
| Limonium vigaroense Marrero Rodr. & R.S.Almeida |   |
| Limonium vigoi L.Sáez, Curcó & Rosselló |   |
| Limonium viniolae Arrigoni & Diana |   |
| Limonium × virgatoformis (Rouy) B.Bock |   |
| Limonium virgatum (Willd.) Fourr. |   |
| Limonium vravronense Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium vulgare Mill. |   |
| Limonium wendelboi Bokhari |   |
| Limonium wiedmannii Erben |   |
| Limonium wrightii (Hance) Kuntze |   |
| Limonium xerocamposicum Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium xerophilum Brullo & Erben |   |
| Limonium xiliense Erben & Brullo |   |
| Limonium xipholepis (Baker) Hutch. & E.A.Bruce |   |
| Limonium zacynthium R.Artelari |   |
| Limonium zankii Bogdanović & Brullo |   |
| Limonium zanonii (Pamp.) Domina |   |
| Limonium zembrae Pignatti |   |
| Limonium zeraphae Brullo |   |
| Limonium zeugitanum Brullo & Erben |   |

## Historic plates

Plates in date order; the printed names are kept as they appear, current names are on the species pages and the topic page.

- [](https://floreboard.com/plants/plates/bm-71.jpg)Statice sinuataCurtis's Botanical Magazine · 71 · 1789,
- [](https://floreboard.com/plants/plates/bot-mag-3776.jpg)Statice arboreaCurtis's Botanical Magazine · 3776 · 1840, Walter Hood Fitch, Joseph Swan
- [](https://floreboard.com/plants/plates/flore-des-serres-limonium-frutescens.jpg)Statice frutescensFlore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe · 1848, L. Stroobant, Louis van Houtte
- [](https://floreboard.com/plants/plates/bot-mag-5158.jpg)Statice bonduelleiCurtis's Botanical Magazine · 5158 · 1860, Walter Hood Fitch

## Fresh and dried cut-flower handling

Floralife’s statice sheet: harvest when about 50–70% of the flowers are open or showing colour; store at 1–3 °C and 75–85% humidity in medium-quality water, avoiding softened water; vase life 7–14 days, ethylene sensitivity usually low, and it performs well in foam. Unpack boxes at once so bunches can air, especially sleeved ones, and do not overfill buckets, as the product moulds quickly without air. The main problems are yellowing leaves and stems, grey mould (botrytis), and condensation in packed boxes rotting and shattering the flowers towards the centre of the bunch.

Floralife’s Limonium sheet, for the sea-lavender fillers: vase life varies by cultivar from 4 to 16 days; ethylene sensitivity is low but varies, and ethylene action inhibitors have been shown to extend vase life. Pull the plastic sleeve down on arrival to stop condensation, and change the water often. These have a musky smell some compare to cat urine, so avoid them in confined, poorly ventilated rooms.

Both dry easily: hang the stems upside down in a cool, airy place for several days, and they keep their colour.

## Further reading

- [Flower guide](https://floreboard.com/en/flowers/statice/)
- [Reference library](https://floreboard.com/en/library/)

## References

- [WCVP · World Checklist of Vascular Plants (via ChecklistBank dataset 2232)](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2232) · accessed 2026-10-28
- [Flora of China vol. 15 · Limonium](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118606)
- [Kew (POWO data on the ColPlanta site) · Limonium sinuatum, with Flora of Tropical East Africa](https://colplanta.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686979-1/general-information)
- [Floralife · Statice care and handling](https://floralife.com/flowers/statice/)
- [Floralife · Limonium care and handling](https://floralife.com/flowers/limonium/)

Names, places of publication, synonyms and distribution checked against WCVP (2026-10-28); the text follows the cited sources and awaits specialist review.