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Annual to shrub [ vine].
Leaf: simple, generally in basal rosette ( cauline), entire or lobed.
Inflorescence: raceme, cyme, or panicle ( head-like in Armeria), generally scapose.
Flower: bisexual, radial, generally small; calyx tubular, generally membranous or partly scarious, lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, ± free to ± fused, clawed, ± intertwined; stamens 5, opposite petals, occasionally epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 5-lobed or -ribbed, chamber and ovule 1, styles 5, occasionally fused.
Fruit: utricle, achene, or capsule, ± enclosed in calyx.
27 genera, ± 1000 species: ± worldwide, especially Medit, w&c Asia. [Lledo et al. 1998 Syst Bot 23:21–29] Some cultivated as ornamental (Limonium used as dried flower). —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.

Key to Plumbaginaceae

Perennial to shrub.
Stem: erect to prostrate or climbing.
Leaf: cauline, sessile or short-petioled; blade elliptic to oblanceolate or spoon-shaped, base narrowed, margin entire, tip acute to obtuse.
Inflorescence: terminal or axillary spike-like racemes or panicles; pedicels short.
Flower: occasionally heterostylous; calyx with stalked, head-like glands; corolla 5-lobed, salverform; stamens included or exserted; style 1, including or exserted; stigmas 5, linear.
Fruit: capsule, brown, long-beaked.
12 species: worldwide, tropics & subtrop. (Latin, a lead-like ore, from historical use as cure for lead poisoning) [Smith 2005 FNANM 5:610–611]

Evergreen shrub.
Stem: erect to trailing or climbing, diffuse-branched, to 3+ m, glabrous or hairy on new stems.
Leaf: generally sessile (short-petioled); blade 2.5–9 cm, 0.5–2.5 cm wide, base generally long- tapered (clasping).
Inflorescence: 2.5–3 cm, peduncle short-soft-hairy, glands 0.
Flower: heterostylous; calyx 10–13 mm, short-soft-hairy, glandular; corolla pale blue, 37–53 mm, tube 28–40 mm, lobes 10–16 mm, 6–15 mm wide; styles 3.
Fruit: 8 mm.
Seed: 7 mm, brown.
2n=14+0–1B. Streambeds, canyons in coastal scrub; < 150 m. South Coast;

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Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Bioregions in which taxon occurs	Red area (if present) is the part of the bioregion lying between the upper and lower elevation limits of the taxon; markers link to CCH specimen records. If the markers are obscured, reload the page [or change window size and reload]. Yellow markers indicate records that may have georeferencing or identification issues.
Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.