Perez's sea lavender (Limonium perezii) observed in Central Malibu, Malibu, CA, USA
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Urban Ecology
Perez's sea lavender is widely planted in California gardens and along roadsides, and tracking where it shows up in the wild helps gardeners and land managers understand how ornamental plants can escape cultivation and establish in coastal habitats.
Someone spotted and officially logged a Perez's sea lavender — a pretty purple-flowered plant you've probably seen in beach-town landscaping — growing in Malibu. This kind of observation gets added to a global database that helps scientists track where plants are spreading. Since this plant originally comes from the Canary Islands and is popular in gardens, sightings like this help us understand whether it's quietly moving beyond where people planted it.
Key Findings
A single research-grade observation of Perez's sea lavender was recorded in Central Malibu, CA, meeting iNaturalist's verification threshold for scientific use.
The species (Limonium perezii) is non-native to California, originating from the Canary Islands, making coastal observations relevant to invasive species monitoring.
The observation was geolocated to Central Malibu, adding a data point to the documented range of this ornamental species along the Southern California coastline.
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A research-grade observation of Perez's sea lavender, a flowering coastal shrub native to the Canary Islands, was recorded in Central Malibu, California — contributing to citizen science data tracking this plant's presence along the Southern California coast.
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Research-grade observation of Perez's sea lavender in Central Malibu, Malibu, CA, USA.
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Limonium perezii is a species of Limonium known by the common names Perez's sea lavender and seafoam statice. It is also known as simply statice, sea lavender or marsh rosemary. It is native to the coasts of the Canary Islands but are widely used in gardens throughout the world.