Limonium damboldtianum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Limonium damboldtianum faces severe threats from coastal development and tourism infrastructure along its restricted Mediterranean range. The species' specialized salt marsh and coastal cliff habitats are increasingly fragmented by urbanization and recreational facilities. Climate change-induced sea level rise poses an additional long-term threat to its low-lying coastal populations, while trampling from increased tourist activity directly damages individual plants and their sensitive root systems.
Habitat
This endemic sea lavender species inhabits coastal salt marshes, rocky cliffs, and saline soils along Mediterranean shorelines. It typically grows in areas with high salt tolerance requirements, often in crevices of limestone cliffs and edges of salt pans where few other plant species can survive.