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Limonium vulgare
Also called Common sea-lavender, Sea Lavender, Marsh Rosemary, Mediterranean Sealavender
A clumping perennial of salt marshes and coastal habitats in western Europe, with papery lavender-like flower sprays. Grow it in full sun in salty or sandy, well-drained soil; it tolerates salt spray and waterlogging better than most garden plants.
Limonium vulgare, called common sea-lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Limonium native to Atlantic parts of Europe from southwestern Sweden to southwestern Iberia, and introduced elsewhere. A clumping perennial found in salt marshes and other maritime habitats, it is a probable species complex that includes Limonium maritimum and L. narbonense.
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 vulgare 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.
