Brullo rottingdean sea lavender

(Limonium hyblaeum)

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Description

Limonium�is a genus of 120�flowering plant�species. Members are also known as�sea-lavender,�statice,�caspia�or�marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the�lavenders�or to�rosemary. They are instead in�Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family. The generic name is from the Latin�l?m?nion, used by�Pliny�for a wild plant and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek�leimon�(??????, �meadow�).

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Plumbaginaceae
Genus:Limonium
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