Common Sea-lavender
Common Sea-lavender by the Lune estuary
Common Sea-lavender on a sea wall
Common Sea-lavender patch
Flowers showing stamens
Flowers showing stigmas
Common Sea-lavender leaves
Nectar-seeking bumble bee
Limonium vulgare
Plumbaginaceae
July to September
It is found around much of the coast, but is patchy or absent from
the Northeast, the far Southeast and the far Southwest.
See the BSBI distribution map for Common Sea-lavender
Common Sea-lavender grows on saltmarshes and adjacent rocks
and sea walls.
It is a native, aromatic, patch-forming, perennial herb growing
up to 30cm.
The purple to blue flowers are small (8mm) in leafless tufts.
They are 5-merous with the anthers appearing before the styles
and stigmas.
They are rich in nectar and are pollinated by bees and beetles.
Leaves are fleshy and oval to lanceolate.
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Common Sea-lavender by the Lune estuary
Common Sea-lavender on a sea wall
Common Sea-lavender patch
Flowers showing stamens
Flowers showing stigmas
Common Sea-lavender leaves
Nectar-seeking bumble bee
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