Limonium sinuatum

Statice

Family: Plumbaginaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Statice is a naturalized perennial found in coastal bioregions including Central Coast, San Francisco Bay, southern Coastal Ranges, and Southern California in disturbed coastal areas and roadsides at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering all year, this plant produces blue and white to pale yellow flowers in small clusters at branch tips. Growing with erect stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall that are distinctively narrow-winged and rough-hairy, it has an upright branching structure. Its leaves are obovate, 3 to 12 centimeters long, pinnately lobed with winged petioles, and covered in rough hairs. The flower clusters feature small bracts 5 to 7 millimeters long with irregular lobes and awned edges.

Habitat: Disturbed coastal areas, roadsides

Bloom period: All year

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: CCo, SnFrB, SCoRO, SCo

California counties: Riverside, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Contra Costa, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Butte, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz

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