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Limonium carolinianum

Common name:	Sea Lavender	Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Author:	(Walter.)Britton.	Botanical references:	200, 235
Synonyms:	Statice caroliniana (Walter.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Eastern N. America - Labrador to Florida and Texas.
Habitat:	Coastal salt flats[200].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	0	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	1

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	L. angustatum[B,P] L. carolinianum var. angustatum[B,P] L. carolinianum var. angustifolium[B,P] L. carolinianum var. compactum[B,P] L. carolinianum var. nashii[B,P] L. carolinianum var. obtusilobum[B,P] L. carolinianum var. trichogonum[B,P] L. nashii[B,P] L. nashii var. albiflorum[B,P] L. nashii var. angustatum[B,P] L. nashii var. trichogonum[B,P] L. obtusilobum[B,P] L. trichogonum[B]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	American Sea Lavender [H,E], Amerikaanse Lamsoor [E], Amerikanischer Widerstoss [E], Carolina Sea-lavender [B], Carolina Sealavender [P], Marsh Rosemary [E], Statice De La Caroline [E],
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Plumbaginales. Leadwort family
Other Range Info:	From the Ethnobotany Database
	Britain France Germany Netherlands Turkey

Physical Characteristics

Perennial growing to 0.6m. It is hardy to zone 5. It is in flower from August to October. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees. The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 0/5 for edibility and 1/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in saline soil. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires dry or moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Cultivated Beds.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

Astringent.

The roots contain tannin and are powerfully astringent[4, 207]. A decoction of the root has long been used as a popular domestic remedy for diarrhoea, dysentery etc and are also used to treat sore mouths, cankers etc[4, 207]. The dried and powdered root is applied to old ulcers or piles[4].

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Requires a well drained soil and a sunny position[200]. Plants are well-suited to coastal gardens and dry soils[200].
Hardy to about -20° c[200].

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Division in spring. Very difficult[200].

Suppliers

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Web References

Details of Medicinal Uses, Habitats, etc. in M. Grieve A Modern Herbal (1931) [4]
[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.
[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

References for Statice caroliniana (a possible synonym).

[H] Details of Scandanavian and European Common names in Henriette's names database
[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.

References for the family Plumbaginaceae.

[CHINA] Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[4] Grieve. A Modern Herbal. Penguin 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9
Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

[207] Coffey. T. The History and Folklore of North American Wild Flowers. Facts on File. 1993 ISBN 0-8160-2624-6
A nice read, lots of information on plant uses.

[235] Britton. N. L. Brown. A. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Dover Publications. New York. 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5
Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book.

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