Limonium carolinianum

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]

Limonium carolinianum
Scientific classification
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]
List
    • Limonium angustatum (A.Gray) Small
    • Limonium carolinianum var. angustatum (A.Gray) S.F.Blake
    • Limonium carolinianum var. compactum Shinners
    • Limonium carolinianum var. nashii (Small) B.Boivin
    • Limonium carolinianum var. obtusilobum (S.F.Blake) H.E.Ahles
    • Limonium carolinianum var. trichogonum (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin
    • Limonium endlichianum (Wangerin)S.F.Blake
    • Limonium lefroyi (Hemsl.) Britton
    • Limonium nashii Small
    • Limonium nashii f. albiflorum House
    • Limonium nashii var. angustatum (A.Gray) H.E.Ahles
    • Limonium nashii var. trichogonum S.F.Blake
    • Limonium obtusilobum S.F.Blake
    • Limonium trichogonum S.F.Blake
    • Statice angustata (A.Gray) Wangerin
    • Statice brasiliensis var. angustata A.Gray
    • Statice caroliniana Walter
    • Statice endlichiana Wangerin
    • Statice lefroyi Hemsl.
    • Statice limonium var. carolinianum (Walter) A.Gray
    • Statice nashii (Small) Wangerin
    • Statice tracyi Gand.
    • Taxanthema carolinianum Sweet

References
  1. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 255 (1894)
  2. "Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  3. Alan R. Smith (2005). "Limonium carolinianum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 5. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 3 December 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. "Limonium carolinianum - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  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.
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