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Limonium lilacinum is a Turkish endemic perennial sea-lavender from central Anatolia, grown mainly as a wild or ornamental plant in saline ground near Lake Tuz. The key to growing it is full sun, sharply drained salty or sandy soil, and very little water.
Limonium lilacinum is a Turkish species of flowering plant that usually occurs in central Anatolia. Limonium lilacinums local name in Turkey is "camel ear" or "barren lavender". Limonium lilacinum is a member of Limonium, the most common genus of the Plumbaginaceae family, which usually grows in salty soil. The Plumbaginaceae family has six genera in Turkey and Limonium is one of them. Many members of the family are of great importance in the medical, ecological, and ornamental plant industry. Limonium is a genus which is widespread around the world. There are around 600 species of this genus in the world. Limonium has 21 species in Turkey, and 9 of them are endemic, including Limonium lilacinum.
While the fresh leaves of Limonium lilacinum are being eaten by animals, dried flowers are used locally by Turks as medicines. The dried flower branches of this species are also used as filling materials in the flower shop. The type used in the ornamental plant and pharmaceutical industry is also beneficial to edema disease. It helps to reduce bladder stones and relieve spasms and pains. It has been reported that it helps to spill sand and stones that accumulate in the urinary tract, which cleans the blood and removes harmful substances that accumulate in the body, and addresses complaints of rheumatism and nicricin. The presence of Limonium lilacinum usually located the edge of Lake Tuz and this situation is a risk for the continuation of the species. Because in these areas, especially agriculture, grazing activities, cultural and social threats, human activities, heavy metal pollution and climate factors are harmful for the natural environment. An endemic species, Limonium lilacinum, is in danger category “can be damaged” according to the Red List of endangered species.
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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.
