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Annual, perennial herb, subshrub, or vine
Leaves simple, generally in a basal rosette (sometimes cauline), entire or lobed
Inflorescence: panicle, head, raceme, or cyme, generally ± scapose
Flower bisexual, radial, generally small; calyx tubular, often membranous or partly scarious, lobes 5; petals 5, nearly free to ± fused, clawed, ± twisted together; stamens 5, opposite petals, sometimes epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 5-lobed or -ribbed, chamber and ovule 1, styles 5, sometimes fused
Fruit: utricle, achene, or capsule, ± enclosed in persistent calyx
Genera in family: ± 12 genera, ± 400 species: ± worldwide, especially Medit, w&c Asia; some cultivated as ornamental (Limonium used as dried flower)
Reference: [Channell & Wood 1959 J Arnold Arbor 40:391397]
Perennial (rarely annual); rhizome ± woody
Leaves fewseveral, oblanceolate to obovate, entire or lobed, generally petioled
Inflorescence: panicle, branched ± from plant base, often ending in (but ± open between) 1-sided, spike-like clusters; involucre 0, other bracts subtending individual flowers and along axes
Flower: calyx generally 510-ribbed; styles 5, ± free
Species in genus: ± 150 species: ± worldwide, often in saline soils
Etymology: (Greek: meadow, from habitat of many species)
Reference: [Kunkel & Sunding 1967 Cuad de Bot Mus Canar 2:918]
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Leaf: blade 515 cm, 1.56 cm wide, obovate to oblong, ± entire or wavy-margined, ± thick, leathery, base tapered; petiole generally < blade, stout, very narrowly winged
Inflorescence < 35 cm; axes glabrous, not winged
Flower: calyx tube 45 mm, ribs generally ± hairy, lobes ± 0.5 mm, white; corolla lobes blue, slightly > calyx
Ecology: Common. Coastal strand, salt marshes, beaches, bays
Elevation: < 50 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast
Distribution outside California: s Nevada, east-central Arizona, n Baja California
Synonyms: var. mexicanum (S.F. Blake) Munz
Horticultural information: WET or IRR (brackish marsh, SUN: 5, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24; also STBL.