Scientific name: Limonium recurvum C.E. Salmon
Common name: Sea lavender
Description
Habit: Perennial.
Stems: Erect, branched, rough, to 13 cm long.
Leaves: Basal, without stipules, less than 5 cm long, stalked, untoothed, undivided, with several main veins.
Flowers: Blueish-mauve, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, small and numerous, crowded in branched and open cymes on flowering stems which are rough to the touch; calyx fused and tubular with 5 lobes, lobed finely toothed and pointed, alternating with 5 smaller lobes, dry and membranous, white; petals 5, free or slightly fused at the base, 2.2-2.6 mm wide; stamens 5; ovary superior, 1-celled, styles 5.
Fruits: A 1-seeded capsule, minute.
Habitat: Maritime limestone rocks.Distribution: Very local.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: Endemic to County Clare and is of conservation interest.
Subspecies
The subspecies found in the region is Limonium recurvum subsp. pseudotranswallianum Ingr.. Limonium recurvum is part of the Limonium binervosum aggregate.
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