Limonium carolinianum

Limonium carolinianum

Limonium carolinianum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Tribus: Limonieae
Genus: Limonium
Species: Limonium carolinianum

Name

Limonium carolinianum (Walter) Britton in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 255 (1894)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Statice caroliniana Walter in Fl. Carol.: 118 (1788)
  • Statice limonium var. carolinianum (Walter) A.Gray in Manual, ed. 2: 270 (1856)
• Heterotypic
  • Limonium angustatum (A.Gray) Small in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 488 (1897)
  • Limonium carolinianum var. angustatum (A.Gray) S.F.Blake in Rhodora 25: 56 (1923)
  • Limonium carolinianum var. compactum Shinners in Field & Lab. 24: 105 (1956)
  • Limonium carolinianum var. nashii (Small) B.Boivin in Naturaliste Canad. 93: 643 (1966)
  • Limonium carolinianum var. obtusilobum (S.F.Blake) H.E.Ahles in J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173 (1964)
  • Limonium carolinianum var. trichogonum (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin in Naturaliste Canad. 93: 643 (1966)
  • Limonium endlichianum (Wangerin) S.F.Blake in Rhodora 18: 60 (1916)
  • Limonium lefroyi (Hemsl.) Britton in J. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 154 (1905)
  • Limonium nashii Small in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 491 (1897)
  • Limonium nashii f. albiflorum House in Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 562 (1924)
  • Limonium nashii var. angustatum (A.Gray) H.E.Ahles in J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173 (1964)
  • Limonium nashii var. trichogonum S.F.Blake in Rhodora 25: 58 (1923)
  • Limonium obtusilobum S.F.Blake in Rhodora 18: 63 (1916)
  • Limonium trichogonum S.F.Blake in Rhodora 18: 61 (1916)
  • Limonium trichogonum f. albiflorum House in Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 54 (1923)
  • Statice angustata (A.Gray) Wangerin in Z. Naturwiss. 82: 439 (1911)
  • Statice brasiliensis var. angustata A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 54 (1878)
  • Statice endlichiana Wangerin in Z. Naturwiss. 82: 441 (1911)
  • Statice lefroyi Hemsl. in J. Bot. 21: 105 (1883)
  • Statice leonis Sennen in Diagn. Nouv.: 287 (1936)
  • Statice nashii (Small) Wangerin in Z. Naturwiss. 82: 440 (1911)
  • Statice tracyi Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 221 (1919)
  • Taxanthema carolinianum Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 332 (1826)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia , Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode I., South Carolina, Texas, Virginia Regional: Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I., Québec Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bermuda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, 1894. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 5: 255.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2005). Flora of North America North of Mexico 5: 1-656. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Limonium carolinianum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 September 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Limonium carolinianum. Published online. Accessed: September 03 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Limonium carolinianum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 September 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. September 03 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2025. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• العربية: عويذران كاروليني
• English: lavender thrift, sea-lavendar, Carolina sea-lavender, canker root, ink root, marsh root, American thrift, seaside thrift
• русский: Кермек каролинский

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