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Limoniastrum monopetalum, grand statice, is a salt- and drought-tolerant evergreen shrub from Mediterranean coasts and salt marshes, with silver-grey foliage and pink to violet summer flowers. It thrives in full sun and almost any well-drained soil, including poor or saline ones.
Limoniastrum monopetalum ('grand statice'), is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia. It has been found in salt marshes, dunes and other coastal areas with high salinity levels.
It has silver-grey or light green leaves on multi branching stems. At the ends of the stems are the summer blooming flowers, in shades of pink, purple, lavender and violet. It is known to be salt and drought tolerant (as a halophyte), as well as having the ability to withstand some forms of soil pollution.
L. monopetalum is hardy enough for a Mediterranean climate. It can take sporadic frosts down to −5 °C (23 °F). This means between USDA Zone 10a and Zone 11.
It can grow in any type of soil, even in poor and salty soils, and it grows well in sandy soils, and can tolerate neutral or acidic soils (with pH levels between 6.6 and 7.8).
It is a halophyte plant, and the leaves of Limoniastrum monopetalum have been studied to determine how the plants phenolic contents and biological activities coped with various solvent effects.
In 2014, the salt excretion crystals on the leaf surface of the plant were studied as a possible metal detoxification mechanism.
Limoniastrum monopetalum is native to temperate areas between Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia.
Limoniastrum monopetalum is a traditional medicinal species which a leaf infusion exhibits anti-dysenteric properties against infectious diseases. L. monopetalum and Limoniastrum guyonianum have been studied for antioxidant status.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limoniastrum monopetalum 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.
