Limonium ramosissimum

Algerian sealavender

Family: Plumbaginaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Algerian sealavender is a naturalized perennial found in coastal areas of central California, including Morro Bay and San Francisco Bay, in salt marshes, coastal scrub, and grasslands at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from August to June, this plant produces pale pink flowers with white calyces in small clusters of 2 to 5 blossoms. Growing with erect stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall, it forms dense, branching clusters of flowers at the branch tips. Its basal leaves are obovate to spoon-shaped, 3 to 10 centimeters long and 7 to 20 millimeters wide, with acute to rounded tips. The compact flowering branches create a distinctive, crowded appearance in coastal habitats.

Habitat: Coastal salt marshes, coastal or riparian scrub, grassland, disturbed areas

Bloom period: Aug-Jun

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: CCo (Morro Bay, San Francisco Bay), SCo, PR

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