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Algerian sea lavender

Limonium ramosissimum

Algerian sea lavender
Photo: Sten, CC BY-SA 3.0

Algerian sea lavender is a many-branched perennial or subshrub from the western Mediterranean, growing in coastal habitats. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil; tolerates salty and poor soil.
Temperature
Mild conditions suited to Mediterranean climates; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WC. Medit.
Climate
subtropical

About

Limonium ramosissimum, the Algerian sea lavender, is a species of sea lavender (Limonium) native to the Mediterranean region.

Its specific epithet rāmōsissimum means "many-branched" in Latin.

Other Limonium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limonium ramosissimum 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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