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Limonium carolinianum

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Name

Identification
Statice limonium L. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Limonium carolinianum (Walt.) Britt. [family PLUMBAGINACEAE ] Verified by James L. Luteyn,
Related name
  • Limonium carolinianum
  • Statice lefroyi
  • Statice caroliniana
  • Statice limonium
  • Statice tracyi
Common name
  • lavender or American or seaside thrift, Flora of North America Vol. 5
  • Canker or ink or marsh root, Flora of North America Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 5,
Names
Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton [family PLUMBAGINACEAE], Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, 5: 255. 1894
Statice caroliniana Walter [family PLUMBAGINACEAE], Fl. Carol., 118. 1788
Limonium angustatum (A. Gray) Small [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium carolinianum var. angustatum (A. Gray) S. F. Blake [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium carolinianum var. compactum Shinners [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium carolinianum var. nashii (Small) B. Boivin [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium carolinianum var. obtusilobum (S. F. Blake) H. E. Ahles [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium carolinianum var. trichogonum (S. F. Blake) B. Boivin [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium nashii Small [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium nashii var. angustatum (A. Gray) H. E. Ahles [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium obtusilobum S. F. Blake [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Limonium trichogonum S. F. Blake [family PLUMBAGINACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Alan R. Smith
Information
Leaves all in basal rosettes, living at anthesis, 5–25(–40) cm; petiole often narrowly winged distally, 0.1–20 cm, usually shorter than blade; blade usually elliptic, spatulate, or obovate to oblanceolate (rarely linear), 5–15(–30) × 0.5–5(–7.5) cm, leathery, base gradually tapered, margins usually entire, sometimes undulate, apex rounded or acute to retuse, cuspidate, cusp 1–3 mm, soon falling; main lateral veins ascending, obscurely pinnate. Inflorescences: axes not winged, 10–60(–95) cm × 1–5 mm, glabrous; nonflowering branchlets absent; spikelets loosely to moderately densely aggregated along branches, internodes 0.5–10 mm; subtending bracts 2–6 mm, obtuse, surfaces and margins glabrous; flowers solitary or 2–3(–5) per spikelet. Flowers: calyx whitish, obconic, 4–6.5(–7.5) mm; tube 2.5–5 mm, glabrous or densely pilose along ribs; lobes erect, to ca. 2 × 1 mm; petals lavender (rarely white), slightly exceeding calyx. Utricles 3–5.5 mm. 2n = 36.
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall), dec (winter)
Altitude range
0 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Tamaulipas)Bermuda.USA Ala.USA Conn.USA Del.USA Fla.USA Ga.USA La.USA MaineUSA Md.USA MassUSA Miss.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA R.I.USA S.C.USA Tex.USA Va.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.)Canada N.S.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.
Discussion
J. L. Luteyn (1976, 1990) discussed the more or less continuous variation in this polymorphic species. He noted that seedling establishment is rare, and that populations spread primarily by vegetative means from horizontal rhizomes.

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