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Limonium braunii

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Native range
Cape Verde
Climate
subtropical

About

Limonium braunii is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered plant by the IUCN. The species was first described by the German Carl August Bolle as Statice braunii and was placed in the genus Limonium by the French Auguste Chevalier in 1935. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium brunneri and Limonium jovibarba.

Where it grows

Limonium braunii is mainly found in northern rocky and stony shores of the islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, Fogo and Brava.

Other Limonium plants

Limonium arboreum · Yellow Sea Lavender · Matted Sea Lavender · Rock Sea Lavender · Algerian Statice · Limonium bourgeaui · Limonium brunneri · Marsh rosemary · Lavender thrift · Limonium cosyrense · Limonium dendroides · European Sea Lavendar

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium braunii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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