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Tartarian Statice

Goniolimon tataricum

Also called Statice, German Statice

Tartarian Statice
Photo: User:XRiffRaffx, CC BY-SA 3.0

A hardy perennial with airy clusters of small papery flowers, grown in borders and for cut flowers. It needs full sun and free-draining soil, and it dislikes wet winters.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then only in long dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, poor to average soil; tolerates sandy or gritty mixes.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; protect pots from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Europe to Kazakhstan and Caucasus, Algeria to Tunisia
Climate
temperate

About

Goniolimon tataricum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Goniolimon, family Plumbaginaceae. It is called German statice, Tatarian sea-lavender, Tartarian statice or just statice. It is native to Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, the North Caucasus, Romania, Southern Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. It is planted in gardens as a border and groundcover, and also used in the cut-flower industry.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goniolimon tataricum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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