Carolina Sea-lavender

Limonium carolinianum

Found in tidal marshes, especially in hypersaline flats. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: 1–2 feet
Spread: 1–1.5 feet
Light: Full sun
Soil moisture: Usually moist

Space about 1 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 100 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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Limonium carolinianum — bloom photograph — Botsci; derivative work by Bff · Public domain · Original photograph

At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial
Bloom: August to October
Fruiting season: Summer to fall

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Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 31 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Limonium

Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
Palatka nymphaeella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Plumbaginaceae
Hardiness: Zones 5a–11b
Soil pH: Neutral to alkaline
Flower color: Purple
Growth rate: Moderate
Growth habit: Single crown
Foliage color: Green
Fruit begins: Summer
Fruit ends: Fall

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “August to October” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) (ranked first; USDA PLANTS differs) · Carolinas and Georgia
Flower color · “Purple” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Fruit ends · “Fall” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Growth habit · “Single crown” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Growth rate · “Moderate” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
Hardiness · “Zones 5a–11b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “1–2 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox (ranked first; USDA PLANTS differs)
Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
primary_flower_color · “purple” · USDA PLANTS
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil pH · “Neutral to alkaline” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Spread · “1–1.5 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Carolina Sea lavender

Conservation status

Florida rank	S4?
Global rank	G5
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Carolina Sea-lavender

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