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floramelitensis — Seaside Sea Lavender
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Description
Photo: Arnold SciberrasScientific name: Limonium virgatum
Maltese name: Limonju tal-bahar
Occurrence: Frequent, common in some areas.
habitat: Coastal areas mainly
other info: very small shrub like flat plant with long infloresences stalks. flowers are small and lilac coloured. another two similar endemisc, Limonium zeraphae and Limonium melitensis, also occur, but less common.
to see its the flowers of the Maltese Sea Lavender, see maltese-naturalist.deviantart.…
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So exactly what's the difference betwen the Maltese, the Seaside, and Zerafa's Sea Lavender, ghax i could never tell them apart!
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as far as i know, which doesn't make sense to me on a species level, the Zerafa ones have supine infloresecens, meaning that flowers stalks grow from one side only on the main flower stalk.
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Vera? I thought the flowers were whiter. And what's different about the seaside sea lavender?
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could be. i think sea side sea lavender has longer infloresecens stalks.
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i still don't get the difference so much, and i've got no idea how they noticed that there were two endemics!!!
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i find it hard too!
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and when exactly does it make seed? ghax i'd like to try the endemic ones, if i could ever distinguish them thais!
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forget the 'remorse' icon, it did not work
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i never saw their seeds :remorse:
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uff, they're probably tiny!
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i guess so...
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Very interesting plant, and your picture of it is pretty cool indeed, Jeffrey!
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i know, growing in a weird kind of way
i'm glad you like it
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Yes, I like these wonderful plants, and your pics of them!
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On the thumb, it looked like a close up of a poinsettia.
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like a poinsietta? how come? hehe
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They reminded me of the veins inside the pink or coral colored leaves of a poinsettia. Couldn't find a good example this is as close as I could get to what I imagined [link]
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after i saw the link, now i realised about th resemblance you were suggesting. thanks for the link
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The plant looks interesting and the colours are nice
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indeed it does look interesting, from a structural point of view, and moreover, its growing on refined limestone.
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