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Gibraltar Sea Lavender

Limonium emarginatum

Gibraltar Sea Lavender
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0

Gibraltar sea lavender is a low, evergreen shrub from the coasts around the Strait of Gibraltar, forming clumps about 25 cm tall and 50 cm across. It thrives in full sun, well-drained soil and salty coastal air, and rots if kept wet.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between drinks; overwatering causes root rot.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained mix; tolerates salt and poor soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below about 0 °C, as it is only mildly frost tolerant.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Spain (Cádiz) to Gibraltar, Morocco
Climate
subtropical

About

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

Other Limonium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium emarginatum 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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