German Statice

Description

Goniolimon tataricum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Goniolimon, family Plumbaginaceae. It is called German statice, Tatarian sea-lavender, Tartarian statice or just statice. It is native to Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, the North Caucasus, Romania, Southern Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. It is planted in gardens as a border and ground cover, and also used in the cut flower industry. Goniolimon, sometimes called the statices, are a genus of flowering plants in the leadwort and plumbago family Plumbaginaceae, native to northern Africa, southern Europe, western and central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia and China. Low-lying perennial shrubs, some species are cultivated as ground covers.