Armeria Willd.

Sea pinks (en), Arméries (fr), Armérie (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae

Characteristics

Plants herbs, perennial, scapose, acaulescent; taprooted, rootstocks branched, woody. Leaves in basal rosettes, sessile; blade linear to linear-spatulate [lanceolate], narrowed or straight to base, margins entire. Scapes glabrous or densely pubescent, sometimes rugose, enclosed by tubular leafless sheath at apex. Inflorescences solitary, apical, dense hemispheric heads of scorpioid cymes, each surrounded by involucre of scarious bracts. Pedicels absent or present (short).  Flowers monomorphic or dimorphic (in pollen and stigma characteristics); calyx 10-ribbed, funnel-shaped; tube usually pubescent on ribs only or all around, rarely glabrous, limbs membranaceous, awned or not; petals slightly connate basally, white to deep purple; filaments adnate to base of corolla; anthers included; styles 5, free, hairy proximally; stigmas linear, papillate or smooth. Fruits dry, enclosed in persistent calyces, dehiscing transversely. x = 9.
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Perennial tufted scapose herbs with narrow rosulate leaves and a subterraneous, branched rootstock. Flowers in heads subtended by dry bracts, bases of the outer ones coalescent into a tubular sheath. Calyx obconical, 5-lobed, lobes mucronate. Petals united at the base. Stamens inserted on top of the tube. Style ± free, stigma cylindric. Fruit circumscissile at the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) -
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Armeria unspecified picture

Distribution

Armeria world distribution map, present in Australia, Malaysia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30024238-2
WFO ID wfo-4000003077
COL ID 332R
BDTFX ID 83689
INPN ID 189464
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Armeria

Lower taxons

Armeria sancta Armeria apollinaris Armeria bourgaei Armeria caballeroi Armeria canescens Armeria castellana Armeria choulettiana Armeria duriaei Armeria ebracteata Armeria eriophylla Armeria fibrosa Armeria filicaulis Armeria fontqueri Armeria genesiana Armeria hirta Armeria hispalensis Armeria humilis Armeria icarica Armeria langei Armeria leonis Armeria macrophylla Armeria macropoda Armeria maderensis Armeria malacitana Armeria merinoi Armeria multiceps Armeria pinifolia Armeria pseudoarmeria Armeria quichiotis Armeria rhodopea Armeria rothmaleri Armeria rouyana Armeria sampaioi Armeria trianoi Armeria trojana Armeria undulata Armeria vandasii Armeria velutina Armeria villosa Armeria welwitschii Armeria alboi Armeria alliacea Armeria arcuata Armeria aspromontana Armeria atlantica Armeria beirana Armeria belgenciensis Armeria berlengensis Armeria bigerrensis Armeria brutia Armeria bubanii Armeria caespitosa Armeria cariensis Armeria castroviejoi Armeria ciliata Armeria colorata Armeria denticulata Armeria girardii Armeria godayana Armeria johnsenii Armeria juniperifolia Armeria linkiana Armeria malinvaudii Armeria masguindalii Armeria mauritanica Armeria muelleri Armeria neglecta Armeria pauana Armeria sardoa Armeria simplex Armeria soleirolii Armeria spinulosa Armeria splendens Armeria tingitana Armeria trachyphylla Armeria transmontana Armeria leucocephala Armeria scabra Armeria x intermedia Armeria capitella Armeria euscadiensis Armeria alpinifolia Armeria gaditiana Armeria morisii Armeria x salmantica Armeria saviana Armeria curvifolia Armeria ruscinonensis Armeria cantabrica Armeria pubinervis Armeria pungens Armeria pubigera Armeria arenaria Armeria alpina Armeria maritima