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Limonium michelsonii Linczevski, which is probably a hybrid between L. leptolobum and L. hoeltzeri (Regel) Ikonnikov-Galitzky, may also occur in China.
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Flora of China Vol. 15: 200 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Description

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Herbs, perennial, 20--45 cm tall. Taproot red-brown; bark unbroken. Caudex enlarged with age. Leaves basal, persistent to anthesis; petiole slender, basally 0.5--2 mm wide; leaf blade spatulate to lanceolate-obovate, (1.2--)2--6 X 0.5--1.5 cm including petiole, base attenuate, apex obtuse to rounded. Inflorescences 2--15, corymbose forming a capitulum; rachis dichotomously 4--6 X branched; sterile branches few, simple; spikes short, 2 or 3 clustered on apical part of branch, each spike with 3--7(--9) spikelets; spikelets 2- or 3(or 4)-flowered; bracts ovate to obovate, 2.5--3 mm; first bractlet 5.5--6 mm. Calyx funnelform, 6.5--8 mm; tube ca. 1 mm in diam.; limb pale purple to pink, becoming white; lobes apically plicate and acuminate, rarely extended and obtuse, with a persistent arista. Corolla yellow. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 15: 200 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan]
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 15: 200 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat

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Semideserts and hilly areas; 300--1200 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 15: 200 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Synonym

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Statice leptoloba Regel, Trudi Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot Sada 6: 385. 1880; S. leptoloba var. subaphylla Regel.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 15: 200 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
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eFloras