Limonium gmelini

Limonium gmelini, the Siberian statice, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to east-central and southeastern Europe, Russia, the north Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, parts of Siberia, Xinjiang, and Mongolia.^[1][3] A widespread halophytic species, it is found growing in seeps, meadows, steppes, roadsides, and wastelands, as long as they are saline.^[2][4]

Limonium gmelini
Habit
Close-up of flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Limonium
Species:	L. gmelini
Binomial name
Limonium gmelini (Willd.) Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
List Limonium gmelinii (Willd.) Kuntze orth. var.[2] Limonium pycnanthum Kuntze Statice balansae Boiss. Statice emarginata Schur Statice glauca Willd. ex Schult. Statice gmelini Willd. Statice pycnantha K.Koch Taxanthema gmelinii Sweet Taxanthema scoparium Sweet

The unimproved species is available from commercial suppliers, and there are a number of cultivars, including 'Ste10' Dazzle Rocks, and 'Perestrojka'.^[5][6][7] The Royal Horticultural Society considers this clump-forming perennial's "smoky-blue, long-lasting flowers" to be "very attractive" to pollinators.^[5]

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  In a different light
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  Clump of rosettes
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  Dominating a meadow