Flora of North America species comparison

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Limonium limbatum

desert sea-lavender, trans-Pecos sea lavender
Leaves

all in basal rosettes, living at anthesis, 10–25 cm;

petiole narrowly winged distally, 0.1–9 cm, shorter than blade;

blade oblong-spatulate, obovate, or elliptic, 4–16 × 1.5–6.5 cm, leathery, base gradually tapered, margins entire, apex rounded or retuse, often short-cuspidate, cusp less than 1 mm;

main lateral veins ascending, obscurely pinnate.
Inflorescences

axes not winged, 30–60(–100) cm × 2–3 mm, glabrous; nonflowering branchlets absent;

spikelets densely aggregated at tips of branchlets, internodes 0.5–3 mm; subtending bracts 1–5 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces and margins glabrous;

flowers 1–3 per spikelet.
Flowers

calyx whitish distally, with reddish brown ribs, obconic to slightly funnelform, 3.5–5 mm, ribs usually densely pubescent;

tube ca. 3 mm;

lobes spreading at maturity, 0.5–1.5 × 1–1.5 mm;

petals blue to nearly white, not exceeding calyx.
Utricles

2.5–3 mm.

Limonium limbatum
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Wet meadows, gypsum soils, salt flats, alkaline depressions in the interior
Elevation 400-1800 m (1300-5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; OK; TX
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Source FNA vol. 5, p. 608.
Parent taxa Plumbaginaceae > Limonium
Sibling taxa
L. arborescens, L. californicum, L. carolinianum, L. otolepis, L. perezii, L. ramosissimum, L. sinuatum
Synonyms L. limbatum var. glabrescens, Statice limbata
Name authority Small: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 317. (1898)
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