Scientific Name: Limonium sinuatum
Common Name: annual statice
Family Name: Plumbaginaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), Flowering cut plant, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Perennial border, Rock garden
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Oblong, Spatulate, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Panicle, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Basal leaves to 20cm long, broad, lobed; florets tightly clustered, papery; “sinuatum” refers to 3-sided winged peduncles.