Limonium sinense

Limonium sinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Limonium
Species:
L. sinense
Binomial name
Limonium sinense
(Girard) Kuntze
Synonyms
  • Limonium sinense var. spinulosum Y.Huang
  • Statice fortunei Lindl.
  • Statice sinensis Girard
  • Statice taxanthema Schult.

Limonium sinense is a species of flowering plant in the sea lavender genus Limonium, family Plumbaginaceae, native to coastal China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Vietnam. It is a perennial reaching 60 cm (24 in), found on sandy, salty shales next to the ocean. There are a large number of cultivars, with a wide variety of flower colors, created for the cut flower industry. Wild individuals have flowers with white sepals and yellow petals.