Limonium emarginatum

Limonium emarginatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Limonium
Species: L. emarginatum
Binomial name
Limonium emarginatum

Limonium emarginatum is a species of sea lavender known by the common names Gibraltar sea lavender.[1]

Description

This evergreen is native to southern Spain, Ceuta, Morocco and Gibraltar around the Straits of Gibraltar.[2] The plant creates clumps that are 25 cm high and 50 cm in diametre.

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References

  1. ^ Gibraltar Fauna, GONHS, accessed January 2013
  2. ^ Gibraltar, Kew Gardens, accessed 18 January 2013
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