- Limonium humile Miller - Lax-flowered Sea-lavender - Plumbaginaceae
© Graham Day
(Map updated: March 2008)
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
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database