Sea-lavender Family (Noun)
Meaning
Perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Plants of the sea-lavender family can thrive in salt-prone environments that are detrimental to most other flora.
- Some members of the sea-lavender family, particularly the Armeria genus, have attractive, pompom-like flowers.
- Due to its diverse geographical range, the sea-lavender family boasts species with different types of root structures and water intake strategies.
- Perennials belonging to the sea-lavender family require some time to germinate when starting them indoors or in nurseries.
- Seaside vegetation frequently contains examples of the sea-lavender family which include subshrubs as well as fully fledged shrubs and plants that crawl like vines.