Trans-Pecos Sea Lavender

(Limonium limbatum)

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Description

Limonium limbatum, common names trans-pecos sea-lavender or desert sea-lavender, is a plant species native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma) and also in the Mexican State of Coahuila. Most of the 300 species of the genus are found on seashores and in marine salt marshes, but L. limbatum grows on the shores of salt lakes and in alkaline depressions in desert areas, at elevations of 400-1800 m

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Plumbaginaceae
Genus:Limonium
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