Leadwort Family

The Leadwort Family

Leadwort Family - Plumbaginaceae

European Leadwort Plumbago europaea

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Iran and Turkmenistan.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flower

Flower	Stalked glands on sepals	Leaf

Cape Leadwort Plumbago auriculata

Native to South and South-east Africa. Commonly grown as a garden and amenity plant in warmer parts of the world, including throughout the Mediterranean Region.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flowers

Leaves	Leaves	Leaf	Young seed capsules

Mediterranean Sea-lavender Limonium narbonense

Native to Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts of Europe. A relatively large species with broad, spreading, many-branched flowerheads.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flower bracts

Basal leaves	Leaves	Leaf	Leaf tip

Matted Sea-lavender Limonium bellidifolium

Native to Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts of Europe. Local on firm, sandy substrates at the uppe edge of saltmarshes. Leaves with parallel (not branched) veins. Flowering stems many-branched, with the shorter, lower branches not bearing flowers. Leaves withered by the time of flowering. A low-growing, mat-forming and very twiggy-looking species.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flowers

Basal leaves	Leaf	Flower stem with seed capsules	Seed capsules

Twiggy Sea-lavender Limonium virgatum

Native to Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts of Europe. A small species but with long, well-branched flower spikes, branching from below the middle.


Habit	Flower	Seedheads	Leaf at flowering time

Sinuate Statice Limonium sinuatum

Native throughout the Mediterranean region, including the Canary Islands. Found on stoney ground but may also occur as a garden escape in urban areas.