Biology:Limonium carolinianum

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Limonium

Limonium carolinianum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Limonium
Species:
L. carolinianum
Binomial name
Limonium carolinianum
(Walter) Britton[1]
Synonyms[2]

Limonium carolinianum, known variously as Carolina sealavender, canker root, ink root, marsh root, lavender thrift, American thrift, or seaside thrift,[3][4] is a species of flowering plant native to the eastern shores of North America, from northern Mexico to Canada.[2] It is a slow-growing perennial herb found in salt marshes and other maritime habitats. Its inflorescences are frequently harvested for use in cut flower arrangements.[5]

References

  1. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 255 (1894)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140342-2. 
  3. Alan R. Smith (2005), "Limonium carolinianum", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 5, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060620, retrieved 3 December 2020 
  4. "Limonium carolinianum - Species Details". https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3131. 
  5. Baltzer, Jennifer L.; Reekie, Edward G.; Hewlin, Heather L.; Taylor, Philip D.; Boates, J Sherman (2002). "Impact of flower harvesting on the salt marsh plant Limonium carolinianum". Canadian Journal of Botany 80 (8): 841–851. doi:10.1139/B02-070. http://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=biol_faculty. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19847650 entry