Rock sea-lavenders (endemic)  (Limonium spp)

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Range

Current knowledge of the distribution of our endemic rock sea-lavenders is patchy (5). L. paradoxum, L. parvum, and L. transwallianum are all restricted to Pembrokeshire. L. britannicum and L. procerum are fairly widespread along the western coast of Britain, and L. procerum also occurs on the east coast of Ireland (2). L. dodartiforme is confined to Dorset, L. loganicum is known only from Cornwall, and populations of L. recurvum occur in Dorset, Cumberland and Wigtownshire (6). L. binervosum is not endemic to the UK; it is also known from parts of Europe (7), but four subspecies of binervosum are endemic to Britain and Ireland (2).

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Habitat

Rock sea-lavenders are exclusively coastal, inhabiting rocky cliffs and ledges, stabilised shingle, dune-slacks, the upper edges of saltmarshes and even sea walls (3).

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