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Limonium jovibarba

Limonium jovibarba is a rare wild sea-lavender species endemic to the Cape Verde islands of São Vicente and São Nicolau, where it grows in cracks of rocky cliffs. It is critically endangered in the wild and is rarely grown outside botanical collections, so care notes are general guidance for sea-lavenders.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought better than wet roots.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy mix with added grit.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cape Verde (São Vicente, São Nicolau)
Climate
subtropical

About

Limonium jovibarba is a species of flowering plants of the family Plumbaginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. The species was named by Carl Ernst Otto Kunze in 1891. Its local name is carqueja, a name that may also refer to the related species Limonium brunneri and Limonium braunii.

Where it grows

Limonium jovibarba occurs in humid cracks of rocky cliffs between 50 and 450 metres (160 and 1,480 ft) elevation. It is restricted to the islands of São Vicente (Monte Verde and Monte António Gomes) and São Nicolau (western part).

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 jovibarba 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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