Sea-Lavender Family:-

Sea-Lavender Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Sea Heath to Sedge Carex Wild Flower Families Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Alderney Sea-Lavender

Limonium lychnidifolium

(Limonium normannicum, Limonium auriculiursifolium)

July onwards

A perennial apomictic herb of stabilised sand dunes (St Ouen`s Bay, Jersey) and coastal rocks (St Esquère Bay, Alderney), in the latter site growing with Limonium binervosum subsp. sarniense.

Broad-leaved Thrift

(Jersey Thrift)

Armeria arenaria

June-September

A perennial herb of fixed sand dunes and coastal headlands. It has a more inland distribution than Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, and rarely grows with it. It is also recorded as a casual. It is plentiful in sandy turf in South-West Jersey. It is an Invasive Species in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

Common Sea-Lavender

Limonium vulgare

July onwards

A perennial herb of ungrazed or lightly grazed muddy saltmarshes, occasionally also growing amongst nearby rocks and on the stonework of sea-walls. Its habitats are similar to those of Limonium humile, which often grows with it.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage from Sharps Green

Form from Shellness in Isle of Sheppey in Kent on 23 September

Flowers from BritishFlora

Form from BritishFlora

Lax Sea-Lavender

(Lax-flowered Sea-Lavender)

Limonium humile

July onwards

A perennial herb of ungrazed or lightly grazed muddy estuarine saltmarshes, often growing in close proximity to its commoner relative, Limonium vulgare, but replacing it in some areas. It rarely occurs on rocky cliffs.

Matted Sea-Lavender

Limonium bellidifolium

July-August

A mat-forming perennial herb of the upper parts of saltmarshes and saltmarsh-sand dune transitions, especially where firm sandy or silty sediments overlie coarser grained material. Usually confined to the drier parts of salt-marshes in North Norfolk.

Rock Sea-Lavender

Limonium binervosum

July-September

A group of apomictic perennial herbs comprising the following six species and numerous infraspecific taxa, many of which are British and Irish endemics. They occur in a wide range of coastal habitats including sea-cliffs, dock walls, shingle banks and saltmarshes.

Limonium binervosum subsp. anglicum
This subspecies occurs in the drier parts of saltmarshes and tidally-inundated dune-slacks, often where blown sand and inwashed silt overlie a firm shingly base. There is also a single record from a stabilised earth cliff.

Limonium binervosum subsp. binervosum
A perennial herb which is almost entirely restricted to chalk sea-cliffs with a few tiny colonies on adjoining shingle and the drier parts of saltmarshes.

Limonium binervosum subsp. cantianum
A perennial herb found on chalk sea-cliffs and in the drier parts of saltmarshes.

Limonium binervosum subsp. mutatum
A perennial herb which is restricted to coastal rocks and nearby cliffs of Quaternary head deposits (unconsolidated sand and rock fragments) at Lannacombe (S. Devon).

Limonium binervosum subsp. sarniense
A perennial herb found amongst coastal rocks and screes and on sea-cliffs.

Limonium binervosum subsp. saxonicum
A perennial herb restricted to dry saltmarsh and saltmarsh-sand dune transitions, particularly favouring sites where blown sand and inwashed silt overlie shingle.

Flower from Pennard Gower on 12 July

Flowers from Poulsallagh in County Clare on 19 June

Juvenile Fruit from Pennard Gower on 12 July

Form from Pennard Gower on 12 July

Thrift

Armeria maritima

May onwards

A perennial herb of sea-cliffs, stone walls, stabilised shingle and saltmarshes. Inland, it grows on montane rock ledges, stony flushes and windswept moss-heaths, around old lead workings and other metalliferous mine wastes, and on riverside shingle. It also occurs inland beside salt-treated roads and as a garden escape.

Flower from BritishFlora

Flowers from BritishFlora

Foliage from BritishFlora

Form from BritishFlora

Flowers from BritishFlora

Form from Isle of Wight and from BritishFlora

Form from BritishFlora

Flowers from BritishFlora

Form in Isle of Wight from BritishFlora

Stationary Woman. Photo from BritishFlora

Limonium - from My Dear Valentine.com

The Purple bloom Limonium as per some school of thought is believed to bring good luck along with it. Flowers as per the general thought have mostly been attached to love and romance and Limonium is also no exception to the rule. Limonium flowers with its magical grace have been characterizing love in its own way since time immemorial. A bunch of Limoniums will never fail to work wonders as you would stand witness to the joy of your beloved. Express your deepest emotion through these flowers without you even uttering a single word. Leave it to these flowers to entirely shift you towards a new beginning of life where the tale of Love is being told time and again. 

The flower of the autumn also popular by the name of ‘Sea Lavender’ and ‘Statice’ is grouped under 120 species of flowering plants and belongs to the family of ‘Plumbaginaceae’. The flower has got its name from the Greek word ‘leimon’ meaning meadow. The plant of this bloom is most commonly found in Africa, Australia, Asia and Europe with North America also being home to some of its species. Herbaceous perennial by nature, these plants generally grow up to a maximum height of 70 cm with some being exceptions in the form of woody shrubs. A typical plant of Limonium bloom requires saline soil and therefore mostly grows in the coastline regions or in salt marshes. 

Limonium’s growth and care absolutely gives you no reason to worry as these flowers can withstand many difficult conditions of growth and calls for little care. The plant ensures a perfect growth and bloom when exposed to direct sunlight and planted in a well drained soil. The soil of the plant should be kept moist but should not be over watered. These plants are heat resistant and can even withstand a drought season this makes them popular as garden flowers. Exposed to such growing condition with a little care can result in astounding bloom in your garden throughout a season. 

Available in colors like; peach, pink, red, white, lavender, blue, carmine yellow, and its original purple color these flowers makes a statement in all kinds of decorating arrangements. Use of this flower is best accomplished as filler flowers that offer great style to any floral arrangements or bouquets or even to any kind of interior décor. These flowers are also used for dried floral arrangements. 

Classes of Limonium: 
 

1. Limonium Humile

2. Limonium Californicum

3. Limonium Tomentellum

4. Limonium Arborescens

5. Limonium Latifolium

6. Limonium Macrophyllum

7. Limonium Dielsianum

8. Limonium Pectinatum

9. Limonium Bonduellii

10. Limonium Ferulaceum