WAVYLEAF SEA-LAVENDER
STATICE
Limonium sinuatum
Thrift Family [Plumbaginaceae] 
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Thrift Family [Plumbaginaceae]
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flower
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petals
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| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Stands tall, about 3 feet high with a purple crown atop the stem, which is branched near the top. |
| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| The stems are winged, as are the long pointed leaves, reminiscent of some cacti. (Dandelion rosette at foot). |
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| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are long and narrow at first, mauve tipped with a purplish pink lower half. They are surrounded by a 'fuzz' of short hairy bracts. |
| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers very much like those of Viper's Bugloss, especially with regard to the fuzziness. The stems are winged all the way from top to soil. |
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| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| The purple frilly funnel-shaped fringe is the outer bract of the flower. The white flower itself is still un-folded within, but will have five petals. |
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| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| as with Thrift to which it is related, the petals number five, but are hidden by the purple bracts in photographs, not yet burst forth from within. |
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| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Winged stems, similar to some cacti, have a few short hairs on the edges. The wings bear some semblance to those on Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea. |
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| 16th Oct 2009, Blackleach Country Park, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Bird's-eye view. |
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Some similarities to : Viper's Bugloss in that both have purple-bodied mauve tipped narrowish flowers atop the stems in a profusion of colour and fuzziness due to longish hairs. Slight resemblance to : Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea in that the stems are winged on both plants.
Superficial resemblance to : some Unlike many Sea-Lavenders, Wavyleaf Sea-Lavender does not necessarily grow near the sea nor seem to require a source of salty water. It is much more likely to be found growing in a garden than wild in the UK, although there are several locations in the South where it does grow wild, some far inland but quite possibly on a tidal river (such as the R. Severn). Can grow on mountains too. Sea-Lavenders have numerous hybrids, but it seems that Wavyleaf Sea-Lavender does not hybridize (or at least, there are no examples in the UK). The flowers, if not the winged stems, bear great resemblance to other Sea-Lavenders.
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 Limonium
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sinuatum
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⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ |
Plumbaginaceae
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 Limonium (Sea-lavenders) |
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Thrift Family [Plumbaginaceae]
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