Plumbaginaceae
Mediterranean sea lavender
Limonium vulgare
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Genus
- Limonium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Dutch
- Lamsoor
- English
- Mediterranean sea lavender, Common sea-lavender
- French
- Saladelle
- frr
- Haligruus
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Strandflieder, Violette Strandnelke
- Hungarian
- Közönséges sóvirág
- Swedish
- Armeria vulgare
Synonyms
- Limonium behen (Drejer) Kuntze
- Limonium commune Gray
- Limonium commune var. minus Gray
- Limonium commune var. obtusum Gray
- Limonium commune var. serotinum Gray
- Limonium limonium (L.) A.Lyons
- Limonium limonium Druce
- Limonium maritimum Caperta, Cortinhas, A.P.Paes, Guara, Esp.Santo & Erben
- Limonium vulgare f. pyramidale C.E.Salmon
- Limonium vulgare subsp. behen (Drejer) Bech.
- Limonium vulgare subsp. pseudolimonium (Rchb.) Gams
- Limonium vulgare var. album F.T.Hubb.
- Statice behen Drejer
- Statice drepanensis Tineo ex Guss.
- Statice limonia St.-Lag.
- Statice limonium L.
- Statice limonium subsp. behen Syme
- Statice limonium var. alba hort. ex F.T.Hubb.
- Statice limonium var. behen Rouy
- Statice limonium var. genuina Boiss.
- Statice limonium var. longidentata (Lafont) Rouy
- Statice limonium var. minor Roth
- Statice limonium var. pseudolimonium Rouy
- Statice limonium var. puberula Regel
- Statice limonium var. scanica Fries
- Statice limonium var. typica Rouy
- Statice longidentata Lafont
- Statice maritima Lam.
- Statice pseudolimonium Rchb.
- Statice scanica Warm.
- Taxanthema limonium (L.) Sweet
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 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.