Limonium
E292116
Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Limonium sinuatum | 2 |
| Limonium vulgare | 2 |
| Limonium canonical | 1 |
| Limonium bellidifolium | 1 |
| Limonium carolinianum | 1 |
| Limonium gmelinii | 1 |
| Limonium latifolium | 1 |
| Limonium perezii | 1 |
| Limonium platyphyllum | 1 |
| Limonium tataricum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2711735 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Limonium Context triple: [Plumbaginaceae, includesGenus, Limonium]
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A.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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B.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Reseda
Reseda is a residential neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, known for its suburban character and diverse community.
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E.
Senecio
Senecio is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants that includes ragworts and groundsels, many of which are known for their bright yellow flower heads and sometimes toxic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Limonium Target entity description: Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
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A.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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B.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Reseda
Reseda is a residential neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, known for its suburban character and diverse community.
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E.
Senecio
Senecio is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants that includes ragworts and groundsels, many of which are known for their bright yellow flower heads and sometimes toxic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
marsh-rosemary
ⓘ
sea-lavender ⓘ statice ⓘ |
| cultivationRequirement |
full sun
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| family | Plumbaginaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
lavender
ⓘ
pink ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ |
| flowerType | hermaphrodite flowers ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal dunes
ⓘ
saline soils ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfSpecies | 300 ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
herbaceous perennial
ⓘ
subshrub ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Limonium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium bellidifolium
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium carolinianum
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium gmelinii
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium latifolium
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium perezii
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium platyphyllum
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium sinuatum
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium tataricum
Limonium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium vulgare
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Limonium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Limonium vulgare
|
| inflorescenceType | branched panicle ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | ornamental plant breeding ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal rosette ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Philip Miller ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ North America ⓘ coastal regions ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | insects ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
salt spray ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cut flowers
ⓘ
dried floral arrangements ⓘ ornamental gardening ⓘ |
| valuedFor | papery long-lasting blooms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Limonium Description of subject: Limonium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sea-lavenders, valued for their papery, long-lasting blooms often used in dried floral arrangements.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Limonium sinuatum
this entity surface form:
Limonium vulgare
this entity surface form:
Limonium sinuatum
this entity surface form:
Limonium vulgare
this entity surface form:
Limonium perezii
this entity surface form:
Limonium latifolium
this entity surface form:
Limonium bellidifolium
this entity surface form:
Limonium carolinianum
this entity surface form:
Limonium gmelinii
this entity surface form:
Limonium platyphyllum
this entity surface form:
Limonium tataricum