Limonium perezii

Canarian sea lavender

Family: Plumbaginaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Canarian sea lavender is a naturalized perennial found in southwestern California coastal areas including disturbed coastal zones, cliffs, sand dunes, and roadsides at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from March to September, this plant produces white flowers with blue-purple calyces in small clustered arrangements. Growing with erect stems 15 to 45 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters at branch tips. Its distinctive leaves are round to wide-ovate, 4 to 15 centimeters long, with ciliate margins featuring simple to three-branched hairs and a nearly truncate base. The leaf petioles are notably longer than the leaf blades, creating an unusual structural profile.

Habitat: Disturbed coastal areas, cliffs, sand dunes, roadsides

Bloom period: Mar-Sep

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: SW (exc SnJt)

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.