A N F Keys
Limonium Miller
SEA-LAVENDER, MARSH-ROSEMARY
1 Blade wavy to pinnately lobed, hirsute-hispid; inflorescence axis distinctly 3−4-winged with whorled linear extensions, wing 1−3 mm wide; calyx forming flaring limb after anthesis .. Limonium sinuatum [pics]
1' Blade simple and entire, ± glabrous; inflorescence axis cylindric or several-angled, not winged; calyx forming flaring limb before anthesis
2 Petiole << blade, blade obovate to elliptic or oblong; inflorescence funnel-shaped; calyx 4.5−5.5 mm long, limb white .. Limonium californicum [pics]
2' Petiole >> blade, blade broadly ovate to round; inflorescence curved-topped; calyx 9−10 mm long, limb blue-purple .. Limonium perezii [pics]
The text of the above keys used with permission from
A Naturalist's Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills, California
© Copyright
Barry A. Prigge and Arthur C. Gibson
2013