Plants : PlumbaginaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Limonium humile Miller

Lax-flowered Sea-lavender

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Limonium humile

Description: This is a common component of salt marsh vegetation in Northern Ireland. It is the only species of sea-lavender (Limonium spp.) found in the Province's saltmarshes.

This plant has a basal rosette of spoon-shaped leaves and a much-branched inflorescence of small lavender-blue flowers, the whole plant reaching about 8 inches (20 cm) in height.

All names: Limonium humile Miller; Statice rariflora Drej.; Statice humilis (Mill.) C.E.Salmon, non Link

Distribution Map from NBN: Limonium humile at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Limonium humile at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Limonium humile. Miller. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4602. Accessed on 2026-11-02.