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Limonium minutum

Limonium minutum
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0

Limonium minutum, the dwarf statice, is a small perennial halophyte from the coasts of the Balearic Islands, occasionally sold by specialist nurseries. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and salt-tolerant conditions, and it is rarely grown in gardens.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; tolerates saline and alkaline soils.
Temperature
Mild climates; tolerates cool winters but protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Baleares (Majorca, Minorca)
Climate
subtropical

About

Limonium minutum, the dwarf statice, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to the Balearic Islands. A halophyte found in coastal habitats, it is occasionally available from commercial suppliers.

Other Limonium plants

Limonium arboreum · Matted Sea Lavender · Rock Sea Lavender · Algerian Statice · Limonium bourgeaui · Lavender thrift · Siberian Statice · Saltmarsh sea lavender · Perez's sea lavender · Florist's Sea Lavender · Limonium puberulum · Algerian sea lavender

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium minutum 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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