Goniolimon tataricum

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Goniolimon}}

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|genus=Goniolimon

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|authority=(L.) Boiss.A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 632 (1848)

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  • Goniolimon beckerianum Janka
  • Goniolimon tataricum var. kluchoricum Tzvelev
  • Limonium latifolium Moench
  • Limonium tataricum (L.) Mill.
  • Statice tatarica L.
  • Statice terekiensis Gueldenst.
  • Statice trigona Pall.
  • Statice triquetra Boeber
  • Taxanthema tatarica Sw.{{cite web |title=Taxanthema tatarica Sw. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4088423 |website=gbif.org |publisher=GBIF Secretariat |author=GBIF Backbone Taxonomy |accessdate=4 September 2020 }}
  • Taxanthema tataricum (L.) Sweet

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Goniolimon tataricum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Goniolimon, family Plumbaginaceae.{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000706416|title= Goniolimon tataricum (L.) Boiss.|author=|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date= September 19, 2020}} It is called German statice, Tatarian sea-lavender, Tartarian statice or just statice. It is native to Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, the North Caucasus, Romania, Southern Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:686600-1 |title=Goniolimon tataricum (L.) Boiss. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=4 September 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Goniolimon tataricum statice |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/33618/Goniolimon-tataricum/Details |author=|publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=4 September 2020 }} It is planted in gardens as a border and groundcover, and also used in the cut-flower industry.{{cite web |url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c473 |title=Goniolimon tataricum |author= |date= |website=missouribotanicalgarden.org |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=4 September 2020 |quote= }}

Varieties

Two varieties are currently accepted:

  • Goniolimon tataricum var. platypterum (Klokov) Tzvelev
  • Goniolimon tataricum var. tauricum

References