Statice hails from the Mediterranean, and is a heat and sun loving plant. It is a short lived perennial in warmer zones, however is most often planted as an annual flower.
Statice seeds are small, oblong, and brown. The seeds look similar to tiny pieces of rice however they are much smaller, at less than a half a centimetre in length.
There is no need to pinch statice, as it will not benefit from this process. Pinching in fact may cause some deformity in the plant, so is best to avoid.