Plumbaginaceae
Carolina sea lavender
Limonium carolinianum
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Genus
- Limonium
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- عويذران كاروليني, حصالبان الماء
- English
- Carolina sea lavender, Lavender thrift, Statice, American thrift, Canker root, Carolina sea-lavender, Carolina sealavender, Ink root
- French
- Lavande de mer, Limonie de Nash
- Russian
- Кермек каролинский, Кермек Нэша, Морская лаванда
Synonyms
- Limonium angustatum (A.Gray) Small
- Limonium augustatum (A.Gray) Small
- Limonium carolinianum var. angustatum (A.Gray) S.F.Blake
- Limonium carolinianum var. carolinianum (Walter) Britton
- Limonium carolinianum var. compactum Shinners
- Limonium carolinianum var. nashii (Small) B.Boivin
- Limonium carolinianum var. obtusilobum (S.F.Blake) H.E.Ahles
- Limonium carolinianum var. trichogonum (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin
- Limonium endlichianum (Wangerin) S.F.Blake
- Limonium lefroyi (Hemsl.) Britton
- Limonium nashii Small
- Limonium nashii f. albiflorum House
- Limonium nashii var. angustatum (A.Gray) H.E.Ahles
- Limonium nashii var. trichogonum S.F.Blake
- Limonium obtusilobum S.F.Blake
- Limonium trichogonum S.F.Blake
- Limonium trichogonum f. albiflorum House
- Statice angustata (A.Gray) Wangerin
- Statice brasiliense var. angustata A.Gray
- Statice brasiliense var. augustata A.Gray
- Statice brasiliensis A.Gray
- Statice brasiliensis Chapm.
- Statice brasiliensis var. angustata A.Gray
- Statice caroliniana Walter
- Statice caroliniana var. albiflora Raf.
- Statice caroliniana var. cespitosa Raf.
- Statice caroliniana var. longifolia Raf.
- Statice caroliniana var. pumila Raf.
- Statice caroliniana var. ramosissima Raf.
- Statice endlichiana Wangerin
- Statice lefroyi Hemsl.
- Statice limonium Bigelow
- Statice limonium var. carolinianum (Walter) A.Gray
- Statice nashii (Small) Wangerin
- Statice tracyi Gand.
- Taxanthema caroliniana (Walter) Sweet
- Taxanthema carolinianum (Walter) Sweet
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.