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Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.

Thrift seapink (en), Gazon dolympe (fr), Herbe à sept têtes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Armeria

Characteristics

Rootstock erect. Leaf blades 1-15 cm × 0.5-3 mm, base 1-or ± 3-veined, faces glabrous or hairy. Scapes erect, 2-60 cm, glabrous or hairy. Inflorescences: invo-lucral sheath 5-32 mm; outermost involucral bract ovate to triangular-lanceolate, 4-14 mm, shorter than, equaling, or exceeding head, mucronate or not; heads 13-28 mm diam. Flowers monomorphic, with all stigmas papillate and pollen reticulate, or dimorphic, with papillate stigmas and finely reticulate pollen or smooth stigmas and coarsely reticulate pollen; calyx tube hairy on and between ribs (holotrichous), on ribs only (pleurotrichous), or glabrous (atrichous); teeth triangular to shallowly triangular, awned or not; corolla pink to white; petals showy and exceeding calyx or reduced and included in calyx. 2n = 18.
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Leaves 1-nerved, slightly puberulous on margins and midrib, 5-7 by 1 mm. Culms 10-20 cm, thin and hard, puberulous, apex hollow. Heads 2-2 ¾ cm diam., sheath 10-18 mm. Calyx 6 mm high. Petals cuneate-spathulate, emarginate, rosa to red, their base pale, rarely white, 8-10 mm long. Style bases hairy.
A perennial plant. It grows 15-30 cm high. The leaves are linear and dark green. The flowers are in heads 2.5 cm across and held well above the leaves.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It grows near the coast and in mountain areas. It needs well-drained soil. It is resistant to drought. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 3,200 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 4-10.
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Coastal salt marshes, pastures and maritime cliffs. Dry, sandy, somewhat acidic soils in sandy turf, coastal salt marshes, cliffs and mountain pastures.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 4-8
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Obesity (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown by dividing clumps.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Armeria maritima habit picture by Irène MARIETTE (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima habit picture by hélène (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Armeria maritima leaf picture by Simon C (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima leaf picture by Gabi Amlinger-Mertens (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima leaf picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Armeria maritima flower picture by Ellery Ellery (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima flower picture by Pierre Bansse (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima flower picture by Cillian Groll (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Armeria maritima fruit picture by Alexandre Crégu (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima fruit picture by oursfort (cc-by-sa)
Armeria maritima fruit picture by Else Nolden (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Armeria maritima world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greenland, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Liberia, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19793-2
WFO ID wfo-0000549005
COL ID GS9T
BDTFX ID 6546
INPN ID 83832
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Statice armeria Armeria intermedia Armeria planifolia Armeria rhenana Armeria campestris Armeria elongata Androsace macloviana Armeria duriuscula Armeria vulgaris Armeria expansa Armeria miscella Armeria pubescens Statice maritima Armeria armeria Armeria montana Armeria pubescens Armeria vulgaris f. ambifaria Armeria vulgaris f. longiscapa Armeria vulgaris f. purpurea Armeria maritima var. planifolia Armeria elongata var. maritima Armeria maritima var. alpinifolia Armeria maritima var. ambifaria Armeria maritima subsp. anglica Armeria maritima subsp. belgica Armeria maritima var. duriuscula Armeria maritima subsp. germanica Armeria maritima var. pubescens Armeria maritima var. pubigera Armeria pubigera var. scotica Armeria vulgaris var. calaminaria Armeria vulgaris var. eifeliaca Armeria vulgaris var. halleri Armeria vulgaris var. longiinvolucrata Armeria vulgaris subsp. maritima Armeria vulgaris var. pubescens Armeria vulgaris var. rugica Armeria maritima var. hortensis Statice armeria var. pubescens Armeria vulgaris var. glabra Armeria vulgaris var. maritima Armeria vulgaris var. alba Armeria vulgaris var. splendens Armeria vulgaris var. laucheana Armeria vulgaris var. grandiflora Armeria campestris var. linkii Armeria maritima subsp. gallica Armeria maritima subsp. itala Armeria maritima var. maria Armeria maritima subsp. miscella Armeria maritima var. sylvestris Armeria vulgaris var. intermedia Armeria vulgaris subsp. intermedia Armeria maritima f. laucheana Armeria maritima var. maritima Armeria vulgaris var. planifolia Armeria maritima subsp. maritima Armeria maritima

Lower taxons

Armeria maritima subsp. barcensis Armeria maritima subsp. californica Armeria maritima subsp. elongata Armeria maritima subsp. halleri Armeria maritima subsp. purpurea Armeria maritima subsp. interior Armeria maritima subsp. sibirica
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