The Sea Lavenders, Sealavenders or Statices are the genusLimonium of flowering plants, some members of which were formerly classified in a genus named Statice. They are also sometimes known as Marsh Rosemary. They are members of the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae, and despite their common names, are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary.
Sealavenders normally grow as perennial plants, growing from a rhizome; some are woody. Many species flourish in saline soils, and are therefore common near coasts and in saltmarshes. In many cases the flowers grow in spike-like clusters.
Members of the genus are found on most continents, but they are most likely to occur in warm temperate or coastal areas. In North America they occur across the southern United States, and all the coastal states of the US except Washington.
Several species are popular garden flowers; they are generally known to gardeners as statices. They are grown both for their flowers, and for the appearance of the calyces, which remain on the plant after the true flowers have fallen, and are known as "everlasting flowers".
Herbaceous Perennial with thick woody base, large, wide mostly basal leaves, pale violet flowers, not as decorative as the exotic species of Limonium as the flowers are smaller and paler, but still showy nevertheless.
Limonium californicum tolerates full sun, seaside conditions, alkaline soil, salt, no drainage,and seasonal flooding.
Limonium californicum's foliage color is Green, and type is StressDeciduous.
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