Morphological Characteristics of Limonium
The morphological characteristics of Limonium is: leaves simple,
entire to lobed, and from 1-30 cm long and 0.5-10 cm broad; most
of the leaves are produced in a dense basal rosette, with the flower-
ing stems bearing only small brown scale-leaves (bracts). The flow-
ers are produced on a branched panicle or corymb, the individual
flowers small (4-10 mm long) with a five-lobed calyx and corolla,
and five stamens; the flower color is pink, violet to purple in most
species, white or yellow in a few. Many of the species are apomic-
tic. The fruit is a small capsule containing a single seed, partly en-
closed by the persistent calyx. Several species are popular garden
flowers; they are generally known to gardeners as statices. They
are grown both for their flowers, and for the appearance of the ca-
lyx, which remains on the plant after the true flowers have fallen,
and are known as "everlasting flowers".
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