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Limonium Mill.

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Limonium Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 4, (1754)
Limonium Mill.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Mill.
Mill.
1754
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Limonium Mill.
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Limonium

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Limonium Mill.

Mostly perennial herbs or subshrubs, occasionally arborescent, sometimes annual. Lvs simple, often in basal rosettes, sometimes densely tufted on branches or alternate along stems, often 0 at flowering. Infl. a cymose panicle, sometimes flattened, or fls in bracteate, ± secund spikelets which are sometimes aggregated into elongated spikes, often with a scale at the base of each branch. Fls 1-5 in spikelets, each spikelet with 3 bracteoles. Calyx campanulate or funnelform, 10-ribbed at base; limb scarious, usually coloured, sometimes dentate between lobes, persistent. Corolla tube short or almost 0; segments clawed. Stamens adnate to base of corolla segments. Styles 5, free or connate at base; stigmas filiform. Fr. with circumscissile or irregular dehiscence.

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Limonium Mill.
Greece
Limonium Mill.
New Zealand
Limonium Mill.
United Kingdom

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1 January 2000
5 February 2014
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