Family · Other eudicots

Plumbaginaceae

Sea lavender, leadwort

Herbs and shrubs of saline and arid habitats with papery calyces and salt-excreting glands.

Accepted species: 1,141accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 20accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈42 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Europemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Plumbago
Limonium (sea lavender)
Armeria (thrift)

Genera

Limonium625 spp.
Acantholimon321 spp.
Armeria106 spp.
Plumbago24 spp.
Goniolimon21 spp.
Psylliostachys9 spp.
Ceratostigma7 spp.
Cephalorhizum5 spp.
Ceratolimon3 spp.
Dictyolimon3 spp.
Neogontscharovia3 spp.
Aegialitis2 spp.
Bakerolimon2 spp.
Limoniastrum2 spp.
Limoniopsis2 spp.
Myriolimon2 spp.
Bamiania1 spp.
Bukiniczia1 spp.
Muellerolimon1 spp.
Saharanthus1 spp.

Where it grows

Europe530
Asia-Temperate480
Africa173
Asia-Tropical31
Southern America9
Northern America6
Australasia5
Pacific2
Antarctic1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Plumbaginaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.