Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Limoniaceae
Genus:Limonium
EditorBektemir Osmonali
Scientific name: Limonium gmelinii (Willd.) Kuntze
Name acc. to:Bektemir
Herbar:list records    scans available    
Synonym: Statice gmelinii Willdenow (acc. to Flora of China)
Synonym: Limonium pycnanthum (K. Koch) Kuntze (acc. to Flora of China)
Synonym: Statice glauca Willdenow ex Schultes (acc. to Flora of China)
Synonym: Statice pycnantha K. Koch (acc. to Flora of China)
Synonym: Statice scoparia Pallas ex Willdenow (acc. to Flora of China)
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.
Link to Flora of China:http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017512
Habitat:on saline soils.