Limonium carolinianum
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Top Photo courtesy R.T. Kneib, PhD UGA Marine Institute Sapelo Island, GA Bottom photo Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Limonium carolinianum |
| Common name: | lavender thrift |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 6" - 2' |
| Foliage: | basal leaves only; leaves entire, lance shaped, with prominent midrib |
| Flower: | 1/8" across, pale purple in a many branched cluster |
| Flowering time: | July to August |
| Habitat: | salt marshes |
| Range in New Jersey: | outer southern coastal counties, Cape May and Cumberland counties |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |