As a
halophyte,
Limonium ramosissimum has the ability to tolerate a wide range of salt levels (
salinity-tolerant) in the soil and also has the ability to actively lower the
soil salinity by taking up and excreting salt through glands in the
inflorescence, which are then free to
break off and blow away. This could have the effect of changing the
species composition of an area by reducing salinity in the soil.
Invasive species These plants are also very fecund, producing many seeds, and are also able to compete with native flora. It has
escaped cultivation and become an
invasive species in
salt marshes of California. ==Subspecies==