title: Goniolimon tataricum
text: # Goniolimon tataricum
  
  Goniolimon tataricum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Goniolimon, family Plumbaginaceae. It is called German statice, Tatarian sea-lavender, Tartarian statice or just statice. It is native to Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, the North Caucasus, Romania, Southern Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. It is planted in gardens as a border and ground cover, and also used in the cut flower industry.
  
  ## Varieties
  
  Two varieties are currently accepted:
  
  * Goniolimon tataricum var. platypterum (Klokov) Tzvelev
  * Goniolimon tataricum var. tauricum
  