Limonium platyphyllum

Limonium platyphyllum, the broad-leaved statice, or florist's sea lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.^[2] It is native to the Black Sea region; Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Crimea, south and east European Russia, and the Caucasus, and it has been introduced to Great Britain.^[1] A perennial halophyte 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) tall, it is widely available from commercial suppliers.^[3][4][5] There are a number of cultivars, including the well-known 'Violetta' which has darker petals.^[6]

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  Rosette is rather typical of the plantains
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  At the Gothenburg Botanical Garden
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  Close-up of flowers

Limonium platyphyllum
Flowers
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Limonium
Species:	L. platyphyllum
Binomial name
Limonium platyphyllum Lincz.
Synonyms[1]
Limonium gerberi Soldano Limonium latifolium (Sm.) Kuntze Statice coriacea Schult. Statice coriaria Pall. Statice latifolia Sm. Taxanthema latifolium (Sm.) Sweet