Cut-Leaf Sea-Lavender

Limonium sinuatum, Statice sinuata, Cut-Leaf Sea-Lavender,

Hebrew: עדעד כחול, Arabic: العويذران المتعرج

Scientific name:   Limonium sinuatum (L.) Miller
Synonym name:   Statice sinuata L.
Common name:   Cut-Leaf Sea-Lavender
Hebrew name:   עדעד כחול
Arabic name:   العويذران المتعرج
Family:   Plumbaginaceae, עפריתיים


Life form:   Hemicryptophyte
Stems:   45-60 cm high, inflorescence branches sometimes green and more or less prominently winged
Leaves:   Alternate, rosette, entire, pinnately lobed margins
Inflorescence:   Terminal corymbs
Flowers:   Calyx lobes blue; corolla lobes cream
Fruits / pods:   Utricles ca. 5 mm
Flowering Period:   March, April, May, June
Habitat:   Mediterranean strand
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:   Mediterranean
Summer shedding:   Perennating


Derivation of the botanical name:

Limonium, Greek leimon, a meadow; in allusion to the common habitat in salt meadows.

sinuatum , sinuate, with a wavy margin; wavy edged.
Statice, Latin, an astringent plant; Greek statikos, causing to stand, astringent; Sea lavender.
The Hebrew name: עדעד, ad’ad , reduplication of עד: eternity, perpetuity; probably, like עד, derived from עדה and lit. meaning ‘progress in time’. According to some scholars, however, עד is related to Arabic ghad (= morning), taken in the sense ‘late future’.

  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
  • The standard author abbreviation Miller is used to indicate Philip Miller (1691 – 1771), a botanist of Scottish descent.