Plumbaginaceae - leadwort family
Sole species that grows without cultivation on Mount Desert Island

(updated 4 April 2017)


Plumbaginaceae - leadwort family

Mount Desert Island is home to 1 species in 1 genus. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.
   Limonium (1 species)
      Limonium carolinianum - Carolina sea-lavender (occasional [see note 1 at bottom of page])





Limonium (sea-lavender)

Limonium carolinianum (Carolina sea-lavender) - [information to be added]

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Note:
   1. Frequency designations are from the paper “Vascular flora of the Acadia National Park region, Maine” by Craig W. Greene, Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber, published in the spring 2005 issue (vol. 107, No. 930) of Rhodora: Journal of the New England Botanical Club.