Plant of the Month Pages
| Common Name(s): | Turkish Rugging |
| Scientific Name: | Chorizanthe staticoides |
| Family: | Polygonaceae (Buckwheat) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Size: | less than a foot, spreading |
| Habitat: | grassy slopes, dry and sandy places in Chaparral |
| Blooms: | April to July |
| Fire Response: | Stump Sprout or Seed |
Turkish Rugging forms eye-pleasing rosy-colored mats of inflourescence in the dry heat of summer. Blooming occurs from April to July.
The rosy and white flowes grow at the ends of branches and are about a quarter-inch in diameter. Stems have many branches, are brittle and rosy colored. Spatula-shaped leaves form a basal rosette at the beginning of the plant's life but disappear quickly when the flowers come.
The genus name Chorizanthe is Greek for "divided flowers". The species name staticoides is synonomous with Limonium, another type of plant.
Contributed by Liz Baumann
