© Graham Day
Map updated: March 2008
| Species Description: |
| This is a common component of salt marsh vegetation in Northern Ireland. It is the only species of sea-lavender (Limonium spp.) found in the Province's saltmarshes.
This plant has a basal rosette of spoon-shaped leaves and a much-branched inflorescence of small lavender-blue flowers, the whole plant reaching about 8 inches (20 cm) in height. |
| All names: Limonium humile Miller; Statice rariflora Drej.; Statice humilis (Mill.) C.E.Salmon, non Link |
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