Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Limoniaceae Limonium
Detailed information about the plant.
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Limoniaceae
Genus:
Limonium
Synonym:
Magnoliopsida
Editor:
Bektemir Osmonali
Scientific name:
Limonium gmelinii (Willd.) Kuntze
Name acc. to:
Bektemir
Habitat:
on saline soils.
Description:
Herbs, perennial, 30--70(--100) cm tall. Taproot stout, dark purplish brown. Caudex thickened, with 1--3 heads, densely covered by persistent petiole bases. Leaves basal, wide, hard, persistent to anthesis; petiole distinct; leaf blade oblong-obovate, elliptic, or ovate, (5--)10--30(--40) X 3--8(--10) cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex usually obtuse to rounded. Inflorescences usually solitary, large, corymbiform or paniculate.
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