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Wavyleaf sea lavender

Limonium sinuatum

Also called Statice, Notchleaf Sea Lavender, Perennial Sea Lavender, Blue Statice, Wavyleaf Sealavender

Wavyleaf sea lavender
Photo: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0

Wavyleaf sea lavender, also called statice, is a short-lived perennial from the Mediterranean that is usually grown as an annual for its papery flowers used in dried arrangements. Give it full sun, sandy well-drained soil and water only when the top soil dries.

Family
Plumbaginaceae (Plumbagin family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately and let the top of the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained soil; tolerates poor and saline soils.
Temperature
15–30 °C; tolerates mild frost, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Macaronesia, Medit. to W. Sahara and W. Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Limonium sinuatum, commonly known as wavyleaf sea lavender, statice, sea lavender, notch leaf marsh rosemary, sea pink, is a Mediterranean plant species in the family Plumbaginaceae known for its papery flowers that can be used in dried arrangements.

It is native to the whole Mediterranean Basin. It usually grows up in sandy grounds.

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 sinuatum 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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