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.