Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender, Limonium humile, Lus liath na mara
Photographs: Toomore, Co. Cork

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender
Limonium humile
Lus liath na mara
Family: Plumbaginaceae

Flowering time: July-August. Perennial. Native.

Much-branched stems with clusters of small mauve-blue flowers which have a greenish-purple calyx. Flower stems feel bumpy, height 10-30cm. Stalked leaves have a single main vein and usually more than 5cm long

Grows on salt marshes and muddy sea-shores round Irish coasts and can be locally frequent in some places

Similar: Rock Sea-lavender's, Limonium binervosum agg.

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender, Limonium humile, Lus liath na mara

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender, Limonium humile, Lus liath na mara
Lax-flowered Sea-lavender, Limonium humile, Lus liath na mara

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