Blue statice
Limonium sinuatum
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Mediterranean coast
- Range
- Mediterranean Basin
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Blue statice is a small herbaceous perennial plant that grows in wetlands and coastal areas. Its papery flowers are blue, pink, or white and have a sweet fragrance.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Genus
- Limonium
- Species
- Limonium sinuatum