''Limonium platyphyllum'', the broad-leaved statice, or florist's sea lavender, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Plumbaginaceae Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family. Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow a ...

. It is native to the Black Sea region; Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Crimea, south and east European Russia, and the Caucasus, and it has been introduced to Great Britain. A perennial

halophyte A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. Th ...

tall, it is widely available from commercial suppliers. There are a number of cultivars, including the well-known 'Violetta' which has darker petals.

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platyphyllum Halophytes Garden plants Flora of Bulgaria Flora of Romania Flora of Ukraine Flora of the Crimean Peninsula Flora of South European Russia Flora of East European Russia Flora of the Caucasus Plants described in 1964 {{Caryophyllales-stub